CVE-2013-7196

medium

Published 2014-04-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

static/ajax.php in PHPFox 3.7.3, 3.7.4, and 3.7.5 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended "Only Me" restrictions and comment on a private publication via a request with a modified val[item_id] parameter for the publication.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39139 webapps php verified

Wesley Henrique · 2014-04-05

PHPFox - Access Control Security Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
phpfox	phpfox	`3.7.3`
phpfox	phpfox	`3.7.4`
phpfox	phpfox	`3.7.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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