{"id":"CVE-2013-6408","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-6408","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:17:13.272Z","title":"The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an…","description":"The DocumentAnalysisRequestHandler in Apache Solr before 4.3.1 does not properly use the EmptyEntityResolver, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6407.","published":"2013-12-07T20:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:00:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/solr"],"epss":{"score":0.114,"percentile":0.96011,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55542","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59372","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/29/2","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1844.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0029.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55542","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59372","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/branches/branch_4x/solr/CHANGES.txt?view=markup","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/29/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4881","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6408","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}