CVE-2018-13065 — ModSecurity 3

ModSecurity 3.0.0 has XSS via an onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: a third party has disputed this issue because it may only apply to environments without a Core Rule Set configured

01What is this vulnerability?

ModSecurity 3.0.0 has XSS via an onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: a third party has disputed this issue because it may only apply to environments without a Core Rule Set configured

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-07-03T11:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:52:49.413Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/issues/1829
• hackings8n.blogspot.com — https://hackings8n.blogspot.com/2018/07/cve-2018-13065-modsecurity-300-has-xss.h…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44970/