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
Published Apr 25, 2013
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.21%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.7.3
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 17
- 18
- 19
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04208) | 90.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.21% (0.04208) | 89.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.85% (0.04848) | 88.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00760) | 81.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 82.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 80.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
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