CVE-2009-5031

N/A Unknown
Published: July 22, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49576
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49576
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

trustwave opensuse

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