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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache Solr

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.solr:solr-core (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.1.0

Patched versions

4.1.0

Description

The (1) UpdateRequestHandler for XSLT or (2) XPathEntityProcessor in Apache Solr before 4.1 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, different vectors than CVE-2013-6407.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 7, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 12, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.224%
(61st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-6612

GHSA ID

GHSA-6cpj-3g83-q2j4

Source code

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