CVE-2013-5490

high

Published 2013-09-23 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.8

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) before 6.2(1) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka Bug ID CSCud80148.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20130918-dcnm

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`{"endIncluding":"6.1\\(1b\\)"}`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.2\(2e\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`6.1\(1a\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.1\(2\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.1\(3\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.1\(4\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.1\(5\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.2\(1\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`4.2\(3\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.0\(2\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.0\(3\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.1\(1\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.1\(2\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.1\(3u\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.2\(2\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.2\(2a\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.2\(2b\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`5.2\(2c\)`
cisco	prime_data_center_network_manager	`6.1\(1b\)`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.