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CVE-2018-1308

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1308 is a high-severity XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Apache Solr versions 1.2 through 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 through 7.2.1, including related Debian distributions. This flaw, located in the DataImportHandler's '&dataConfig=<inlinexml>' parameter, allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary local files or access internal network resources via crafted file, FTP, or HTTP requests. While it has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 65/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.2, <= 6.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2096 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.solr:solr-coreFixed in: 6.6.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.solr:solr-coreFixed in: 7.3.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-3pph-2595-cgfhhigh

There is a XML external entity expansion (XXE) vulnerability in Apache Solr

Oct 17, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-1308Important

Solr: XML external entity expansion in handler/dataimport/DataImporter.java allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files

Feb 12, 2018

References

issues.apache.org / jira/browse/SOLR-11971
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/www-announce/201804.mbox/%3C000001d3cf68%245ac69af0%241053d0d0%24%40apache.org%3E
MitigationThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4194
Third Party Advisory