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CVE-2013-1656

Spree Commerce 1.0.x through 1.3.2 allows remote authenticated administrators to instantiate arbitrary Ruby objects and execute arbitrary commands via the (1) payment_method parameter to core/app/controllers/spree/admin/payment_methods_controller.rb; and the (2) promotion_action parameter to promotion_actions_controller.rb, (3) promotion_rule parameter to promotion_rules_controller.rb, and (4) calculator_type parameter to promotions_controller.rb in promo/app/controllers/spree/admin/, related to unsafe use of the constantize function.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-1656 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from spreecommerce organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-03-08T18:55:01.637

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	spreecommerce	spree	≤ 1.3.2	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.0	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.1	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.2	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.3	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.4	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.5	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.6	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.0.7	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.0	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.1	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.2	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.3	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.4	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.5	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.1.6	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.2.0	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.2.1	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.2.2	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.2.3	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.2.4	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.3.0	Yes
Application	spreecommerce	spree	1.3.1	Yes

References

http://blog.conviso.com.br/2013/03/spree-commerce-multiple-unsafe.html ([email protected])
http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.conviso.com.br/advisories/CVE-2013-1656.txt Exploit ([email protected])
http://blog.conviso.com.br/2013/03/spree-commerce-multiple-unsafe.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://spreecommerce.com/blog/multiple-security-vulnerabilities-fixed Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.conviso.com.br/advisories/CVE-2013-1656.txt Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For spreecommerce's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.