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CVE-2009-5031 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49576	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://blog.ivanristic.com/2012/06/modsecurity-and-modsecurity-core-rule-set-multipart-bypasses.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.6.x/CHANGES	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/49576	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.modsecurity.org/fisheye/browse/modsecurity/m2/branches/2.5.x/apache2/msc_multipart.c?r2=1419&r1=1366	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/22/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54156	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
trustwave modsecurity	< 2.5.11
CPE cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	11.4 12.2 12.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

29 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 12, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]