Software Updates

Web Application Security – ModSecurity Commercial Rules, Update for September 2023

Written by | Oct 4, 2023 1:00:00 PM

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 Pricing Tables For WPBakery Page Builder < 3.0 - Subscriber+ LFI CVE-2023-1274
WordPress Plugin JetEngine < 3.1.3.1 - Author+ Remote Code Execution CVE-2023-1406
WordPress Plugin Groundhogg Contacts < 2.7.9.4 - Admin+ SQLi CVE-2023-1425
WordPress Plugin WordPress Amazon S3 Plugin < 1.6 - Reflected XSS CVE-2023-0423
WordPress Plugin W4 Post List < 2.4.6 - Reflected XSS CVE-2023-1373
WordPress Plugin WC Fields Factory < 4.1.7 - ShopManager+ SQLi CVE-2023-0277
WordPress Plugin TF Random Numbers < 2.0.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Option Update CVE-2023-0889
WordPress Plugin Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload PRO - Contact Form 7 Standard < 2.11.1 - Contact Form 7 with Remote Storage Integrations < 5.0.6.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-1282
WordPress Plugin Responsive WordPress Slideshows 3.29.0 - Reflected XSS CVE-2023-1473
WordPress Plugin WP VR < 8.2.9 - Reflected XSS CVE-2023-1413
WordPress Plugin Redirection < 1.1.5 - Plugin Reset via CSRF CVE-2023-1331
WordPress Plugin Photo Gallery by 10Web < 1.8.15 - Admin+ Path Traversal CVE-2023-1427


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.