CVE-2013-0193
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site Scripting (XSS) in Piwik before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0194 and CVE-2013-0195.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Piwik analytics platform versions prior to 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. This is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) input validation failure enabling client-side code injection.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.10.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Piwik/Matomo installation versionAccess the Piwik/Matomo admin dashboard and navigate to the System Check or About section to view the installed version number. Alternatively, check any VERSION file or configuration files in the web root that may contain the version string.Affected if The displayed version is lower than 1.10.1 (for example, 1.10.0, 1.9.x, or earlier releases)
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Confirm the product is Piwik or MatomoVerify that the analytics platform running is Piwik (the original project) or Matomo (its renamed successor). Both share the same version numbering for the affected range.Affected if The software is Piwik or Matomo with a version below 1.10.1
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Verify the installation is accessible over networkConfirm the Piwik/Matomo web interface is exposed and reachable. The XSS vulnerability is remotely exploitable, so a publicly or internally accessible instance would be affected.Affected if The web interface is accessible to untrusted users or network segments
You are affected if your Piwik/Matomo installation shows a version number lower than 1.10.1, as this indicates the vulnerable code predating the security patch is present.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.10.1
Upgrade to Piwik version 1.10.1 or later, which contains the security patch for this XSS vulnerability. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, implement output encoding and input validation on user-supplied data in the affected interface.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-0193 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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