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Apache Solr: CVE-2020-13941: Apache Solr information disclosure vulnerability

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Apache Solr: CVE-2020-13941: Apache Solr information disclosure vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/17/2020
Created
11/28/2023
Added
11/27/2023
Modified
11/28/2023

Description

Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.

Solution(s)

  • apache-solr-upgrade-latest

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