CVE-2017-3164

Server Side Request Forgery in Apache Solr, versions 1.3 until 7.6 (inclusive). Since the "shards" parameter does not have a corresponding whitelist mechanism, a remote attacker with access to the server could make Solr perform an HTTP GET request to any reachable URL.

Published: 2019-03-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-3164 is rated Moderate Risk (62.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 59.54%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-3164

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-21 61.14% 59.54% -1.60%
2 2026-03-04 53.36% 61.14% +7.79%
3 2026-03-01 53.36%

Full EPSS history (46 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-3164

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-3164

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-3164

GHSA-vrh8-27q8-fr8f · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in org.apache.solr:solr-core

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-3164

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-3164 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lucene-solr), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-3164
ubuntu low CVE-2017-3164 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lucene-solr), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 11, needed 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3164

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-3164

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache solr >= 1.3.0, <= 7.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:solr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-3164

URL Tags
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201902.mbox/%3CCAECwjAVjBN%3DwO5rYs6ktAX-5%3D-f5JDFwbbTSM2TTjEbGO5jKKA%40mail.gmail.com%3E Mailing List Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107026 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/43026507844ada1ac658ccf7bc939378c13e492fd6538416ce65df39%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/75dc651478f9d04505b46d44fe3ac739e7aaf3d7bf1257973685f8f7%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ca3105b6934ccd28e843dffe39724f6963ff49825e9b709837203649%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e0f9c652b57a91fdcc287efcead620af9f4d8e46b88f0b761aa265de%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc400db37710ee79378b6c52de3640493ff538c2beb41cefdbbdf2ab8%40%3Ccommits.submarine.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190327-0003/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
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