CVE-2013-6948 — The peerAddresses API in the Belkin WeMo Home Automation firmware before 3949 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue

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The peerAddresses API in the Belkin WeMo Home Automation firmware before 3949 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue

Published Feb 22, 2014

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.63%

Description

The peerAddresses API in the Belkin WeMo Home Automation firmware before 3949 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.63% 0.01632

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01632

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.63% (0.01632)	75.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.63% (0.01632)	73.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.45% (0.00449)	61.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.28% (0.00284)	69.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.28% (0.00284)	67.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 5, 2024	0.28% (0.00284)	65.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.35% (0.00351)	67.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (2)

http://www.ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Belkin-advisory-lite.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/656302
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Belkin-advisory-lite.pdf		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/656302		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Feb 22, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Dec 4, 2013

Link CVE-2013-6948

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2013-6948

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2013-6948