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CVE-2013-1915
ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of…
High7.5EPSS 4.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130403 Re: CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 58810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 52977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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