CVE-2015-8795 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Solr

What is CVE-2015-8795?

CVE-2015-8795 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Admin UI in Apache Solr before 5.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted fields that are mishandled during the rendering of the (1) Analysis page, related to webapp/web/js/scripts/analysis.js or (2) Schema-Browser page, related to webapp/web/js/scripts/schema-browser.js.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8795?

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-2015-8795?

Upgrade org.apache.solr:solr-core to 5.1.0 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-2015-8795 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8795 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-mx2h-hf7j-2x3p.