CVE-2014-3628 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Solr

What is CVE-2014-3628?

CVE-2014-3628 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jan 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin UI Plugin / Stats page in Apache Solr 4.x before 4.10.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the fieldvaluecache object.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3628?

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

Products include Apache Solr.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3628?

Upgrade org.apache.solr:solr to 4.10.3 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-3628 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3628 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 GHSA-wgw2-gw4v-9w4j.