CVE-2009-5031

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ModSecurity before 2.5.11 treats request parameter values containing single quotes as files, which allows remote attacke

ModSecurity before 2.5.11 treats request parameter values containing single quotes as files, which allows remote attackers to bypass filtering rules and perform other attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a single quote in a request parameter in the Content-Disposition field of a request with a multipart/form-data Content-Type header.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00795

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Affected Products & Versions

trustwave modsecurity< 2.5.11

opensuseall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published to NVD22 Jul 2012 · 04:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10034-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGESBroken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/49576Third Party Advisory

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdfThird Party Advisory

https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366Broken Link

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