What is CVE-2013-3993?

CVE-2013-3993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Biginsights, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2014-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2013-3993?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-3993 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2013-3993 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Path Traversal in IBM Infosphere Biginsights

CVE-2013-3993

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights before 2.1.0.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended file and directory restrictions, or access untrusted data or code, via crafted parameters in unspecified API calls.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2014-07-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.048 (91.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.048 · change: -0.004

Affected products

IBM Infosphere Biginsights

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-05-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-06-15.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

59676 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
68449 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
ibm-biginsights-cve20133993-sec-bypass(84982) (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-3993?: CVE-2013-3993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Biginsights, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2014-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2013-3993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-3993 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2013-3993 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.