Is CVE-2012-6612 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6612 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-6612?

CVE-2012-6612 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-6612

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 10.1%EU EUVD

The (1) UpdateRequestHandler for XSLT or (2) XPathEntityProcessor in Apache Solr before 4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, different vectors than CVE-2013-6407.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS score: 10.1% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-2772)
Published: December 7, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2772 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / solr
apache / solr
apache / solr

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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