Software Updates

Web Application Security – ModSecurity Commercial Rules, Update for September 2020

Written by | Oct 6, 2020 5:30:00 AM

Overview for rules released by Trustwave SpiderLabs in September for ModSecurity Commercial Rules package. The rules are available for versions 2.9.x and 3.x of ModSecurity.

ModSecurity Commercial Rules detect attacks or classes of attacks on web applications and their components as well as provide virtual patches for public vulnerabilities.

Release Summary

WordPress Plugin Affiliates Manager < 2.7.8 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Tiny Tiny RSS - LFI CVE-2020-25787
Aruba ClearPass <= 6.9.0 - Unauthenticated RCE CVE-2020-7115
WordPress Plugin XCloner Backup and Restore 4.2.1 - 4.2.12 - Unprotected AJAX Action to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Sensitive Information Disclosure
WordPress Plugin Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload - Contact Form 7 < 1.3.5.5 - Unauthenticated RCE CVE-2020-24389
WordPress Plugin Add From Server <= 3.3.3 - Authenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Access
WordPress Plugin Discount Rules for WooCommerce < 2.2.1 - Authentication Bypass leading to Stored XSS (v1 vulns)
WordPress Plugin Discount Rules for WooCommerce < 2.2.1 - Authentication Bypass leading to Stored XSS (switch to v1)
WordPress Plugin File Manager < 6.5 - Sensitive File Disclosure CVE-2020-24312
WordPress PlugIn Cookiebot < 3.6.1 - CSRF & XSS
WordPress Plugin Customer Reviews < 3.4.3 - Multiple Low Priv Stored XSS
WordPress Plugin Customer Reviews < 3.4.3 - Multiple Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Joomla! Extension paGO Commerce 2.5.9.0 - Authenticated SQLi CVE-2020-25751
WordPress PlugIn Sticky Menu, Sticky Header (or anything!) on Scroll < 2.21 - CSRF & XSS
Nagios Log Server < 2.1.6 - Stored XSS CVE-2020-16157
WordPress Plugin Discount Rules for WooCommerce < 2.1.0 - Authentication Bypass
vBulletin 5.x - pre-auth RCE CVE-2019-16759
WordPress Plugin wpDiscuz 7.0.0 - 7.0.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

How to Update

All the rules released this month are available for download and can be configured using the ModSecurity Dashboard. The rules are associated with the default profile and enabled for all licensed servers. To verify the rules were successfully downloaded by ModSecurity, log in to the ModSecurity Dashboard and verify the server "Last seen" date, which indicates the last successful download for the specified server.