CVE-2013-4505

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-12-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The is_this_legal function in mod_dontdothat for Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.13 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a relative URL in a REPORT request.

Affected products

Apache Mod Dontdothat: all versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+47)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00048.html
http://osvdb.org/100364
http://secunia.com/advisories/55855
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4505-advisory.txt
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00029.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00048.html
http://osvdb.org/100364
http://secunia.com/advisories/55855
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4505-advisory.txt

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