What is CVE-2013-2641?

CVE-2013-2641 is a vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-03-18.

Is CVE-2013-2641 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Sophos Web Appliance

CVE-2013-2641

Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the id parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2014-03-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.710 (99.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.710 · newest: 0.710 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130403-0_Sopho… (Exploit)
www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118969.aspx (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2641?: CVE-2013-2641 is a vulnerability in Sophos Web Appliance, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-03-18.
Is CVE-2013-2641 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.