CVE-2013-4689
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 · uneditedJ-Web in Juniper Junos before 10.4R13, 11.4 before 11.4R7, 12.1R before 12.1R6, 12.1X44 before 12.1X44-D15, 12.1x45 before 12.1X45-D10, 12.2 before 12.2R3, 12.3 before 12.3R2, and 13.1 before 13.1R3 allow remote attackers to bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism and hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) create new administrator accounts or (2) have other unspecified impacts.
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 confidenceCSRF bypass vulnerability in J-Web interface of Juniper Junos allows remote attackers to bypass anti-CSRF tokens and hijack authenticated administrator sessions to create new administrator accounts or perform other unauthorized actions.
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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<= 10.4= 4.0= 4.1= 4.2= 4.3= 4.4= 5.0= 5.1= 5.2= 5.3= 5.4= 5.5CVSS 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
- High
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:H/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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Determine Junos versionRun 'show version' command on the device CLI or check system information via J-Web interfaceAffected if Version number is 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, or any version 10.4 or below
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Confirm J-Web interface is enabledCheck system services configuration: run 'show configuration system services web-management' or look for http or https entries under system servicesAffected if J-Web (web-management http or https) is configured and enabled
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Review administrator accountsRun 'show configuration system login' or 'show administrators' to list all configured admin accountsAffected if Unexpected or unauthorized administrator accounts exist that were not created by known administrators
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Check for recent authentication eventsReview system logs (/var/log/messages) or run 'show system authentication' for suspicious session activityAffected if Session hijacking or unauthorized account creation events appear in logs
You are affected if your Junos version falls within 4.0-5.5 or 10.4 and below AND the J-Web interface is enabled, as the CSRF token bypass allows attackers to create unauthorized admin accounts or hijack existing sessions.
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 dataUpgrade Junos to version 10.4R13, 11.4R7, 12.1R6, 12.1X44-D15, 12.1X45-D10, 12.2R3, 12.3R2, 13.1R3 or later per Juniper's release notes.
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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.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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