Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2013-6719

IBM tealeaf_cx Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Published Jan 12, 2022 · catalog updated Jan 12, 2022 · IBM

Patch now

CVE-2013-6719 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm IBM against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
26.92%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor IBM tealeaf_cx

delivery.php in the Passive Capture Application (PCA) web console in IBM Tealeaf CX 7.x, 8.x through 8.6, 8.7 before FP2, and 8.8 before FP2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the testconn_host parameter.

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  • vendor IBM tealeaf_cxversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2013-6719

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2013-6719 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm IBM against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 26.92%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 12, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    delivery.php in the Passive Capture Application (PCA) web console in IBM Tealeaf CX 7.x, 8.x through 8.6, 8.7 before FP2, and 8.8 before FP2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the testconn_host parameter.

  2. Jan 12, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-6719

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-6719

    30-day exploitation probability 26.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-6719

    delivery.php in the Passive Capture Application (PCA) web console in IBM Tealeaf CX 7.x, 8.x through 8.6, 8.7 before FP2, and 8.8 before FP2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the testconn_host parameter.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.