CVE-2025-47947
May 22, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
7.5
High
Description
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. Versions up to and including 2.9.8 are vulnerable to denial of service in one special case (in stable released versions): when the payload's content type is `application/json`, and there is at least one rule which does a `sanitiseMatchedBytes` action. A patch is available at pull request 3389 and expected to be part of version 2.9.9. No known workarounds are available.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Modsecurity |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-1050
Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop
The product has a loop body or loop condition that contains a control element that directly or
indirectly consumes platform resources, e.g. messaging, sessions, locks, or file
descriptors.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | modsecurity | modsecurity | <2.9.8 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: NONE
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
Published: May 21, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: May 22, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified: May 22, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Status : Received
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More infoSource
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