CVE-2013-3513
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 · uneditedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Noma component in GroundWork Monitor Enterprise 6.7.0 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that (1) store XSS sequences or (2) delete entries.
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 confidenceMultiple CSRF vulnerabilities in the Noma component of GroundWork Monitor Enterprise 6.7.0 allow remote attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions, specifically storing XSS payloads or deleting entries, by leveraging the application's failure to validate request origins.
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= 6.7.0CVSS 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
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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Verify GroundWork Monitor versionLocate the GroundWork Monitor installation and check the version number. Common locations: the web interface footer, an 'about' page, or the installation directory metadata file (often in /usr/local/groundwork or similar).Affected if The installed version is exactly 6.7.0 (version = 6.7.0)
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Confirm Noma component is presentAccess the GroundWork Monitor web interface and navigate to the Noma component. The URL pattern is typically /noma/ or similar. Check if the component loads or is listed in the available modules.Affected if The Noma component is installed and accessible via the web interface
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Identify state-changing operations in NomaIn the Noma web interface, locate forms or actions that modify data: specifically look for forms that store configuration/data (potential XSS vectors) and forms that delete entries or objects.Affected if The Noma component has forms or action endpoints that perform state-changing operations (data storage or deletion)
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Check for anti-CSRF token presenceExamine the HTML source of Noma component pages with state-changing forms. Look for hidden input fields containing tokens, or check if forms include any token-based protection in their request headers or body.Affected if State-changing forms in Noma lack anti-CSRF tokens in their HTML
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Verify Origin/Referer validationSubmit a state-changing request to Noma with a mismatched or missing Origin or Referer header (using a tool like Burp Suite or curl). Observe whether the application accepts or rejects the request.Affected if The application accepts state-changing requests without proper Origin/Referer header validation
You are affected if GroundWork Monitor version is exactly 6.7.0, the Noma component is accessible, and its state-changing operations lack anti-CSRF token protection and Origin/Referer validation.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens and validate Origin/Referer headers for all state-changing operations in the Noma component to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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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