CVE-2013-1915
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Affected | — |
| 18 | Affected | — |
| 17 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
| 12.2 | Affected | — |
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.6.6-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.6.6-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.6.6-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.6.6-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.6.6-6 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| trustwave | modsecurity | {"endExcluding":"2.7.3"} | 2.7.3 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1915
CWEs
CWE-611
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.