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CVE-2013-6408
The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote…
Medium6.4EPSS 11.4%
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- redhat
Description
The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6407.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.solr:solr-coreGHSA-45w3-2hvv-pfxq (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- RHSA-2014:0029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55542 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131128 Re: CVE Request: Apache Solr XXE (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 59372 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisory GHSA-45w3-2hvv-pfxq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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