🛡️ CVE-2013-2633 — matomo
Description
Piwik (now Matomo) Reveals Sensitive Information by Accepting Input from POST Requests
Piwik before 1.11 accepts input from a POST request instead of a GET request in unspecified circumstances, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the logging of parameters.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2013-2633 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.
Affected software
CVE-2013-2633 is recorded against 2 packages.
- matomo/matomo (fixed in 1.11)
- piwik/piwik (fixed in 1.11)
Timeline and source
Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 12 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
web.archive.org (Web)
Details
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| matomo/matomo | — | 1.11 |
| piwik/piwik | — | 1.11 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown CVE-2011-4941
- Low CVE-2013-1844
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