CVE-2013-1915 — libapache-mod-security - XML external entity processing vulnerability

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.

How to fix CVE-2013-1915

To remediate CVE-2013-1915, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

Debian/libapache-mod-security—upgrade to 2.5.12-1+squeeze2 or later
Debian/modsecurity-apache—upgrade to 2.6.6-6 or later

Is CVE-2013-1915 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

from 0, < 2.5.12-1+squeeze2
from 0, < 2.6.6-6

References (1)

ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1915