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.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52977
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52847
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0485
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-611
Status
published
Products (9)
debian/debian_linux
6.0
debian/debian_linux
7.0
fedoraproject/fedora
17
fedoraproject/fedora
18
fedoraproject/fedora
19
opensuse/opensuse
11.4
opensuse/opensuse
12.2
opensuse/opensuse
12.3
trustwave/modsecurity
< 2.7.3
Published
Apr 25, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026