CVE-2013-5409
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 SQL injection vulnerabilities in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 and Sterling File Gateway 2.2 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands 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 · moderate confidenceMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities exist in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 and Sterling File Gateway 2.2. The flaws allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands through unspecified input vectors, likely due to unsanitized user inputs being incorporated directly into SQL queries.
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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= 5.2= 2.2CVSS 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
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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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Identify installed IBM Sterling B2B Integrator versionCheck the product version through the system administration console, installation logs, or by querying the version information typically available in the product's About or System Information sectionAffected if The installed version is exactly 5.2.0 or reports as 5.2
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Identify installed IBM Sterling File Gateway versionCheck the product version through the system administration console, installation logs, or by querying the version information typically available in the product's About or System Information sectionAffected if The installed version is exactly 2.2.0 or reports as 2.2
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Verify remote authentication is enabledConfirm whether the product is configured to accept remote authenticated user connections, as the SQL injection requires an authenticated session to exploitAffected if Remote authentication is enabled and users can connect to the application externally
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Check for unsanitized input handlingReview application logs or perform input testing on the product interfaces to observe if user-supplied data is being incorporated directly into SQL queries without proper escapingAffected if User inputs in web forms, APIs, or other interfaces are processed without parameterized query usage
You are affected if you are running exactly IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version 5.2 or IBM Sterling File Gateway version 2.2 with remote authentication enabled, as the SQL injection flaws require authenticated user access to be exploited.
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 dataApply available IBM patches for these products. In the interim, implement strict input validation and refactor vulnerable code paths to use parameterized queries or prepared statements. Restrict database privileges of application accounts to minimum required functionality.
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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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