CVE-2013-0505
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 · uneditedIBM Sterling Order Management 8.0 before HF127, 8.5 before HF89, 9.0 before HF69, 9.1.0 before FP41, and 9.2.0 before FP13 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks, and read arbitrary XML files, via unspecified vectors.
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 · high confidenceIBM Sterling Order Management is vulnerable to XPath injection, allowing authenticated remote attackers to inject malicious XPath queries and read arbitrary XML files from the system. This occurs due to improper sanitization of user input used in XPath expressions.
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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= 8.0= 8.5= 9.0= 9.1.0= 9.2.0CVSS 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
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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 the installed product and versionLocate the IBM Sterling Order Management installation and determine the exact product name (either Sterling Multi Channel Fulfillment Solution or Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation) and its installed version number. Consult the product's about or version information panel in the administration console, or check the installation metadata files if accessible.Affected if The installed product is Sterling Multi Channel Fulfillment Solution version 8.0, or Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation versions 8.5, 9.0, 9.1.0, or 9.2.0 exactly.
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Verify if remote authentication is enabledConfirm whether user authentication is required to access the Sterling Order Management web interface or API services. Check the authentication configuration settings in the system security or access management console.Affected if The system allows remote authenticated users to access order management functions, as the vulnerability requires an authenticated session to exploit.
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Locate XPath query functionalityIdentify any search, lookup, or data retrieval features that accept user input and use XPath expressions to query XML data. Focus on order lookup, customer search, or inventory query interfaces that process XML documents.Affected if The system exposes functionality that constructs XPath queries from user-supplied input, particularly in search or filtering features operating on XML data stores.
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Inspect input handling in XPath queriesReview application logs or capture network traffic during normal operations to observe how user input is passed to XPath query functions. Look for query parameters that appear to be directly concatenated into XPath expressions.Affected if User-provided values are used directly in XPath expressions without visible sanitization, parameterized queries, or input validation layers.
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Check for XML file access patternsExamine if the application allows reading XML files from the filesystem through XPath injection. Test or review whether authenticated users can access paths outside the intended data scope through search or query features.Affected if The application permits authenticated users to read arbitrary XML files from the system through injectable XPath queries.
A user is affected if they run an affected product version (8.0, 8.5, 9.0, 9.1.0, or 9.2.0) and the XPath-based search or query functionality is accessible to authenticated remote users without proper input validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataUpgrade IBM Sterling Order Management to version 8.0 HF127, 8.5 HF89, 9.0 HF69, 9.1.0 FP41, 9.2.0 FP13 or later. Additionally, implement input validation and parameterized XPath queries to prevent injection attacks.
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