This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 < 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 < 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity
    expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as
    XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the
    internal network. (CVE-2018-1308)

It was discovered that there was an XML external entity expansion (XXE) vulnerability in lucene-solr, a search engine library for Java.

It could be exploited to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the internal network. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in lucene-solr version 3.6.0+dfsg-1+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your lucene-solr packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - This vulnerability in Apache Solr 1.2 to 6.6.2 and 7.0.0 to 7.2.1 relates to an XML external entity     expansion (XXE) in the `&dataConfig=<inlinexml>` parameter of Solr's DataImportHandler. It can be used as     XXE using file/ftp/http protocols in order to read arbitrary local files from the Solr server or the     internal network. (CVE-2018-1308)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An XML external entity expansion vulnerability was discovered in the DataImportHandler of Solr, a search server based on Lucene, which could result in information disclosure.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
98923	Apache Solr 7.0.0 < 7.2.1 XML Entity Expansion	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	1/22/2020	3/14/2023	high
98922	Apache Solr 1.2.0 < 6.6.2 XML Entity Expansion	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	1/22/2020	3/14/2023	high
423213	SCA: security update for org.apache.solr:solr-core (GHSA-3pph-2595-cgfh)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	3/29/2025	7/2/2026	high
423213	SCA: security update for org.apache.solr:solr-core (GHSA-3pph-2595-cgfh)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	3/29/2025	7/2/2026	high
109327	Debian DLA-1360-1 : lucene-solr security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	4/25/2018	10/24/2024	high
258566	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-1308	Nessus	Misc.	8/30/2025	8/4/2026	high
109589	Debian DSA-4194-1 : lucene-solr - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/7/2018	10/11/2024	high

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