01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-22 16:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2fc577b3c4ca2d6fc9934aec87016bdb86b1985a4d16dfa10afc023307997828
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1342http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
- www.securityfocus.com54156http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1331http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
- www.suspekt.orghttp://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
- mod-security.svn.sourceforge.nethttp://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES
- blog.ivanristic.comhttp://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120621 Re: mod_security CVE requesthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120621 mod_security CVE requesthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1
- secunia.com49576http://secunia.com/advisories/49576
- www.modsecurity.orghttps://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1336http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html