CVE-2013-4609

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

REDCap before 5.0.4 and 5.1.x before 5.1.3 does not reject certain undocumented syntax within branching logic and calculations, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions via (1) the Online Designer or (2) the Data Dictionary upload, as demonstrated by an eval call.

Affected products

Project-Redcap Redcap: 4.13.18, 4.14.5, 4.14.6, 4.15.0, 4.15.1, 4.15.2 (+8)
Vanderbilt REDCap: through 5.0.3; 4.14.0, 4.14.1, 4.14.2, 4.14.3, 4.14.4

References

http://ctsi.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/REDCap-Release-Notes-Version5.pdf
http://ctsi.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/REDCap-Release-Notes-Version5.pdf

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