CVE-2018-1308
This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 20.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.8% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Solr
- affected 1.2 to 6.6.2
- affected 7.0.0 to 7.2.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.solr:solr-coreGHSA-3pph-2595-cgfh (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- DSA-4194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180424 [SECURITY] [DLA 1360-1] lucene-solr security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [www-announce] 20180408 [SECURITY] CVE-2018-1308: XXE attack through Apache Solr's DIH's dataConfig request parameter (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-11971 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Report (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2018-0489 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3pph-2595-cgfh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-1308)Record last updated .