CVE-2020-13941
Improper Input Validation in Apache Solr
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.0%
Description
Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.
How to fix CVE-2020-13941
To remediate CVE-2020-13941, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8.6.0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.6.2+dfsg-23 or later
- —upgrade to 8.6.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-13941 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 8.6.0
- from 0, < 3.6.2+dfsg-23
- from 0, < 8.6.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |