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WAF bypass of the ModSecurity v3 release line

Published Jan 30, 2024

Description

ModSecurity / libModSecurity 3.0.0 to 3.0.11 is affected by a WAF bypass for path-based payloads submitted via specially crafted request URLs. ModSecurity v3 decodes percent-encoded characters present in request URLs before it separates the URL path component from the optional query string component. This results in an impedance mismatch versus RFC compliant back-end applications. The vulnerability hides an attack payload in the path component of the URL from WAF rules inspecting it. A back-end may be vulnerable if it uses the path component of request URLs to construct queries. Integrators and users are advised to upgrade to 3.0.12. The ModSecurity v2 release line is not affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

Vendor solution

Upgrade to ModSecurity 3.0.12.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner NCSC.ch
Published Jan 30, 2024
Updated Jun 17, 2025
Reserved Jan 29, 2024
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jan 31, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner NCSC.ch
Published Jan 30, 2024
Updated Jun 17, 2025
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2024-16796