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CVE-2013-1915

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl
7.5
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
modsecurity-apacheDebian
Fixed in:2.6.6-6CVE-2013-1915
Fixed in:2.6.6-6CVE-2013-1915
Fixed in:2.6.6-6CVE-2013-1915
Fixed in:2.6.6-6CVE-2013-1915

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days
90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

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