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CVE-2013-6395

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in header.php in Ganglia Web 3.5.8 and 3.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the host_regex parameter to the default URI, which is processed by get_context.php.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-6395 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from ganglia 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

2013-12-05T18:55:12.830

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

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-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ganglia	ganglia-web	3.5.8	Yes
Application	ganglia	ganglia-web	3.5.10	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730507 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/100380 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/346 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/55854 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.rusty-ice.de/advisory/advisory_2013002.txt Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89272 ([email protected])
https://github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/218 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730507 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/100380 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/346 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55854 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.rusty-ice.de/advisory/advisory_2013002.txt Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89272 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/218 Exploit, Patch (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 ganglia'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.