CVE-2007-1359 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass ModSecurity request rules by sending POST data with null bytes, exploiting parser differences.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1359?
CVE-2007-1359 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Interpretation conflict in ModSecurity (mod_security) 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass request rules via application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST data that contains an ASCIIZ (0x00) byte, which mod_security treats as a terminator even though it is still processed as normal data by some HTTP parsers including PHP 5.2.0, and possibly parsers in Perl, and Python.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1359?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mod Security Mod Security.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1359?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1359 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-1359 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1359 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j86f-xc6j-vf9f.