Is CVE-2013-1915 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1915 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1915?

CVE-2013-1915 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-1915

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-611
EPSS score: 4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-1909)
Published: April 25, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1909 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
trustwave / modsecurity

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101898.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52847(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52977(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2659(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58810(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947842(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/master/CHANGES(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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