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CVE-2013-1915 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/52977 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-1915
NVD Published Date:
04/25/2013
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.