CVE-2013-1915
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,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.21% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-611
- Affected
- trustwave/modsecurity · opensuse/opensuse · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fePatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fePatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.