ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. In versions 2.9.11
and below, an attacker can override the HTTP response’s Content-Type, which could lead to several issues depending on the HTTP scenario. For example, we have demonstrated the potential for XSS and arbitrary script source code disclosure in the latest version of mod_security2. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.12.
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Description | ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. In versions 2.9.11 and below, an attacker can override the HTTP response’s Content-Type, which could lead to several issues depending on the HTTP scenario. For example, we have demonstrated the potential for XSS and arbitrary script source code disclosure in the latest version of mod_security2. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.12. | |
Title | ModSecurity's Insufficient Return Value Handling can Lead to XSS and Source Code Disclosure | |
Weaknesses | CWE-252 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-08-05T23:39:40.712Z
Updated: 2025-08-06T20:31:40.639Z
Reserved: 2025-07-25T16:19:16.090Z
Link: CVE-2025-54571

Updated: 2025-08-06T16:14:11.639Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-06T00:15:30.687
Modified: 2025-08-06T21:15:30.930
Link: CVE-2025-54571
