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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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130403 Re: CVE Request -- ModSecurity (X < 2.7.3): Vulnerable to XXE attacks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 58810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 52977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52847 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1909 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-1915)Record last updated .