CVE-2009-5031
ModSecurity < 2.5.11 - Cross-Site Scripting via Single Quote in Multipart Content-Disposition
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49576
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0293
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (4)
opensuse/opensuse
11.4
opensuse/opensuse
12.2
opensuse/opensuse
12.3
trustwave/modsecurity
< 2.5.11
Published
Jul 22, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026