CVE-2013-2586

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

XAMPP 1.8.1 does not properly restrict access to xampp/lang.php, which allows remote attackers to modify xampp/lang.tmp and execute cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the WriteIntoLocalDisk method.

Affected products

XAMPP: 1.8.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-09/0131.html
http://osvdb.org/97780
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123407/XAMPP-1.8.1-Local-Write-Access.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28654
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62665
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87499
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-09/0131.html
http://osvdb.org/97780
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123407/XAMPP-1.8.1-Local-Write-Access.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28654
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62665
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87499

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