Every CVESearch/Get API key

CVE-2009-5031

ModSecurity before 2.5.11 treats request parameter values containing single quotes as files,...

4.3 Medium

CVE-2009-5031 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Trustwave Modsecurity, published July 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.93%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
4.3 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.93%EPSS, 87th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.93%Up 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
apache2-mod_security2
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.9.0-5.6
2.9.0-5.6

What each source reports

NVD Score used4.3

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.

Record
CVE-2009-5031
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2009-5031
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-4989No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2009-4989
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rcvp-p5h6-67hwNo score

ModSecurity before 2.5.11 treats request parameter values containing single quotes as files,...

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.

Record
GHSA-rcvp-p5h6-67hw
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10034-1No score

apache2-mod_security2-2.9.0-5.6 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the apache2-mod_security2-2.9.0-5.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10034-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

Show 12 moreShow less
PagesAll vulnerabilitiesBrowseDocsSourcesGuideGet API key
MoveEnter Open