CVE-2020-13941
Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler...
- Published
- Aug 17, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 90.2%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
- CVE-2020-13941Exploit
CVE-2020-13941: Abusing UNC Paths in Windows Environments in Apache Solr
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