# CVE-2013-7259: Neo4J vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2013-7259-neo4j-vulnerable-to-cross-site-request-forgery  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2013-7259 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2022-05-17

Neo4J vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technologies: [org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-neo4j-neo4j). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2013-7259 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2013-7259 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2013-7259?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 17 May 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.2.0-M01.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2013-7259?** Yes. org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven): upgrade to 2.2.0-M01 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2013-7259?** Check whether you run org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven): upgrade to 2.2.0-M01 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.neo4j:neo4j to 2.2.0-M01 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.neo4j:neo4j (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.2.0-M01

## Identifiers

- CVE-2013-7259
- GHSA-x626-q4v7-7xc6

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