Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1665

Title: Openstack Keystone Essex XML External Entity (XXE)

XXE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1665.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Apr 03, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.59%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1665: The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Impacted Vendors

openstack 2

Reference Links

http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html http://bugs.python.org/issue17239 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279 http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html http://bugs.python.org/issue17239 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1100279

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1665 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 03, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.