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.
Published: 2012-07-22
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4989 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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:53.965Z

Reserved: 2010-12-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-5031

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-22T16:55:17.307

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-5031

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