CVE-2018-1308
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.208 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (9)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-3pph-2595-cgfhThere is a XML external entity expansion (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Solr 2018-10-17ghsa · osvUS
This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network.
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references (15)
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- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-11971cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3C000001d3cf68%245ac69af0%241053d0d0%24%40apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4194cnnvd
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-11971enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00025.htmlenisa_euvd
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