CVE-2020-22669

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: September 02, 2022 Modified: November 03, 2025
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Description

Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1727
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/1793
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1727
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/1793
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
18th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

Affected Vendors

owasp debian

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