Apache Solr 4.0.0 XML External Entity

high Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98886

Synopsis

Apache Solr 4.0.0 XML External Entity

Description

Apache Solr 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via the 'UpdateRequestHandler' for XSLT or 'XPathEntityProcessor', by injecting XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with a valid entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Apache Solr version 4.1.0 or latest.

See Also

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-3895

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html

https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 98886

Type: remote

Published: 1/22/2020

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6612

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6612

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6612

BID: 64427