CVE-2013-1915
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · XML external entity (XXE)
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977Advisory