CVE-2013-6397 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Solr

What is CVE-2013-6397?

CVE-2013-6397 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in SolrResourceLoader in Apache Solr before 4.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full pathname in the tr parameter to solr/select/, when the response writer (wt parameter) is set to XSLT. NOTE: this can be leveraged using a separate XXE (XML eXternal Entity) vulnerability to allow access to files across restricted network boundaries.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6397?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.solr:solr-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Solr.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6397?

Upgrade org.apache.solr:solr-core to 4.6.0 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2013-6397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2019-17558 Apache Solr VelocityResponseWriter Plug-In Remote Code Execution Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2019-0193 Apache Solr DataImportHandler Code Injection Exploited High 7.2
• CVE-2024-45216 Apache Solr: Authentication bypass possible using a fake URL Path ending Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-44548 Apache Solr information disclosure vulnerability through DataImportHandler Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27905 SSRF vulnerability with the Replication handler Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6397, GHSA-j8qw-mwmv-28cg.