Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1901

Title: Postgresql

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1901.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Apr 04, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1901: PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4 and 9.1.x before 9.1.9 does not properly check REPLICATION privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended backup restrictions by calling the (1) pg_start_backup or (2) pg_stop_backup functions.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-4.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1901 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 04, 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:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.