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CVE-2013-2254

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The deepGetOrCreateNode function in impl/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java in org.apache.sling.servlets.post.bundle 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 in Apache Sling does not properly handle a NULL value that returned when the session does not have permissions to the root node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apache Org.Apache.Sling.Servlets.Post: 2.2.0, 2.3.0

References

• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/sling-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAKkCf4pue6PnESsP1KTdEDJm1gpkANFaK%2BvUd9mzEVT7tXL%2B3A%40mail.gmail.com%3E
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55157
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62903
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87765
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2913
• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/sling-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAKkCf4pue6PnESsP1KTdEDJm1gpkANFaK%2BvUd9mzEVT7tXL%2B3A%40mail.gmail.com%3E
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55157
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62903
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87765
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2913

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