How severe is CVE-2013-3993?

CVE-2013-3993 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). EPSS estimates a 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2013-3993: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Invalid Input Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-05-25

Remediation due

2022-06-15

Ransomware

Known use

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

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3993

Description

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 14, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2013-3993 to the KEV catalog 2,879 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 8 IBM entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 2 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (4.8%) is higher than that of 17% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

4 Links

Third-party advisories

59676

Vulnerability databases

Other references

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677445

Record Details

Published

2014-07-07

Last updated

2026-08-14

Assigner (CNA)

ibm

Credited to

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