CVE-2013-5960
The authenticated-encryption feature in the symmetric-encryption implementation in the OWASP Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) for Java 2.x before 2.1.0.1 does not properly resist tampering with serialized ciphertext, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended cryptographic protection mechanisms via an attack against the intended cipher mode in a non-default configuration, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-5679.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-1979)
- Published
- September 30, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-1979 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- owasp / enterprise security api
References
- http://code.google.com/p/owasp-esapi-java/issues/detail?id=306(Exploit)
- http://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/esapi-dev/2013-August/002285.html(Exploit)
- http://owasp-esapi-java.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin1.pdf(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62415(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/master/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.1.0.1-release-notes.txt(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/issues/359(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/esapi/esapi-java-legacy/issues/306(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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