CVE-2013-1915

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1915
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-25 23:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionModSecurity 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-611 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 19 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Trustwave Modsecurity All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
ModSecurity XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory SA52847 - ModSecurity XML External Entity Processing Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1342-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Added SecXmlExternalEntity · SpiderLabs/ModSecurity@d4d80b3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1331-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2659-1 libapache-mod-security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:156 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA52977 - Debian update for libapache-mod-security - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1336-1: moderate: update for apache2-mod_security2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ModSecurity/CHANGES at master · SpiderLabs/ModSecurity · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mod_security-2.7.3-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
947842 – (CVE-2013-1915) CVE-2013-1915 mod_security: Vulnerable to XXE attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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