What is CVE-2013-2516?

CVE-2013-2516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fileutils Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2013-2516?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Fileutils Project

CVE-2013-2516

Vulnerability in FileUtils v0.7, Ruby Gem Fileutils <= v0.7 Command Injection vulnerability in user supplied url variable that is passed to the shell.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fileutils Project
Stefaan Colman Fileutils — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
rubygems.org/gems/fileutils (Product, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2516?: CVE-2013-2516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fileutils Project, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2013-2516?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.