CVE-2009-5031

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-07-22

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Opensuse (Opensuse)
• Modsecurity (Trustwave)

References

• http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
• http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49576
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156
• http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
• https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366