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, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

• CWE-611

• 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

Published

Apr 25, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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