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Vulnerability details: VCID-4dgs-1mk2-5ubr
Vulnerability ID VCID-4dgs-1mk2-5ubr
Aliases CVE-2020-13941
GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm
Summary Improper Input Validation Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13941.json
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
epss 0.02798 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be@%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be@%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8@%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8@%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13941
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13941
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13941.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-13941
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13941
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be@%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8@%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
1869167 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869167
CVE-2020-13941 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13941
GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-13941.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d4a247329a8478073163567bbc8c8cb6b49c6bfc2bf58153a857af1@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbcd9dff009ed19ffcc2b09784595fc1098fc802a5472f81795f893be@%3Ccommits.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8@%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf54e7912b7d2b72c63ec54a7afa4adcbf16268dcc63253767dd67d60%40%3Cgeneral.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13941
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86043
EPSS Score 0.02798
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:49:32.767883+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.apache.solr/solr-parent/CVE-2020-13941.yml 38.0.0