CVE-2018-16384: A SQL injection bypass (aka PL1 bypass) exists in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (owasp-modsecurity-crs) through v3.1.0-rc3 via {`a`b} where a is a special…

PriorityP344high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

1.67%

74.4th percentile

A SQL injection bypass (aka PL1 bypass) exists in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (owasp-modsecurity-crs) through v3.1.0-rc3 via {`a`b} where a is a special function name (such as "if") and b is the SQL statement to be executed.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	modsecurity-crs	< modsecurity-crs 3.2.0-1 (bookworm)	modsecurity-crs 3.2.0-1 (bookworm)
owasp	owasp_modsecurity_core_rule_set	<= 3.0.2	—
owasp	owasp_modsecurity_core_rule_set	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5LOW

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