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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2013-1436 json

code injection in xmonad-contrib

published 2014-10-06 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-1474 , HSEC-2023-0003

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.0%
EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module in xmonad-contrib before 0.11.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a web page title, which activates the commands when the user clicks on the xmobar window title, as demonstrated using an action tag.

Patch / fix

  • hackage xmonad-contrib 0.11.2
  • xmonad-contrib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.11.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1436

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1436 updated cvss 5.1

XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog remote command injection flaw

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38680)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38680 xmonad XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog Module - Multiple Remote Command Injection Vulnerabilities remote, 2013-07-26
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61491 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/26/5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
hackage xmonad-contrib
>=0.5, <0.11.2
0.11.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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