CVE-2013-5208 — HR Systems Strategies info:HR HRIS 7.9 does not properly protect the database password, which allows local users to bypass intended database restrictions by accessing the USERPW registry key and bypassing an unspecified obfuscation technique

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HR Systems Strategies info:HR HRIS 7.9 does not properly protect the database password, which allows local users to bypass intended database restrictions by accessing the USERPW registry key and bypassing an unspecified obfuscation technique

Published Oct 16, 2013

4.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

HR Systems Strategies info:HR HRIS 7.9 does not properly protect the database password, which allows local users to bypass intended database restrictions by accessing the USERPW registry key and bypassing an unspecified obfuscation technique.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00291

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00291

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.29% (0.00291)	19.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00291)	20.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00050)	12.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (1)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/829574
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/829574		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 16, 2013

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 15, 2013

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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