# CVE-2013-7179

> As of 2024-08-06, CVE-2013-7179 is a vulnerability, EPSS 4.0% (90.2th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2013-7179, most recently “Botnet Scanning Internet-Exposed Router Diagnostic Tools Exploiting OS Command Injection (CVE-2024-12856, CVE-2013-7179, CVE-2020-8949, CVE-2024-48419)”.

**Last updated:** 2024-08-06

## What is CVE-2013-7179?

The ping functionality in cgi-bin/diagnostic.cgi on Seowon Intech SWC-9100 routers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ping_ipaddr parameter.

The identifier was first published 4631 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **EPSS (FIRST):** 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 5.6/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2014-02-04, last modified 2024-08-06

## Is CVE-2013-7179 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2013-7179 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2013/CVE-2013-7179.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

No affected-product or package list has been recorded for CVE-2013-7179 in the tracked sources. The vendor advisory and the references below are the authoritative statement of what is affected.

## How to fix CVE-2013-7179

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2013-7179 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat any affected deployment as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2013-7179

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2013-7179, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Botnet Scanning Internet-Exposed Router Diagnostic Tools Exploiting OS Command Injection (CVE-2024-12856, CVE-2013-7179, CVE-2020-8949, CVE-2024-48419)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-1884) — HIGH · 2026-08-05

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Third-party advisory**

- [secunia.com — third party advisory](http://secunia.com/advisories/56756)
- [kb.cert.org — third party advisory](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/431726)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2013-7179
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2013-7179 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp