CVE-2013-2559

Symphony CMS <2.3.2 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-2559. PoCs published by High-Tech Bridge.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS 2.3.1, allowing an attacker to write arbitrary files to the server via the 'sort' parameter in the authors endpoint. The payload uses 'INTO OUTFILE' to write to a specified path.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS before 2.3.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sort parameter to system/authors/. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by High-Tech Bridge · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38417

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in Symphony CMS 2.3.1, allowing an attacker to write arbitrary files to the server via the 'sort' parameter in the authors endpoint. The payload uses 'INTO OUTFILE' to write to a specified path.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Symphony CMS 2.3.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Symphony CMS instance · File write permissions on the server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83227
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-04/0018.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58843

Scores

EPSS 0.0236
EPSS Percentile 81.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (10)
getsymphony/symphony 2.0
getsymphony/symphony 2.0.3
getsymphony/symphony 2.0.4
getsymphony/symphony 2.0.5
getsymphony/symphony 2.0.6
getsymphony/symphony 2.0.7
getsymphony/symphony 2.1.0
getsymphony/symphony 2.1.1
getsymphony/symphony 2.3
getsymphony/symphony < 2.3.1
Published Mar 27, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026