CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Its EPSS score suggests a 54.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2013-1899
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
54.31%
Original NVD Description
Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file corruption), and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection request using a database name that begins with a "-" (hyphen).