CVE-2020-13941
mediumpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.053 · 93 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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exploits (1)
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-2467-h365-j7hmImproper Input Validation in Apache Solr2022-02-10ghsa · osvUS
Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.
- BIT-solr-2020-139412024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-13941cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be@%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8@%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13941cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be%40%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
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