CVE-2018-13065 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2018-07-03

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01353.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/issues/1829
https://hackings8n.blogspot.com/2018/07/cve-2018-13065-modsecurity-300-has-xss.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44970/

History

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Owasp Owasp modsecurity
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:trustwave:modsecurity:3.0.0:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:owasp:modsecurity:3.0.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products	Trustwave Trustwave modsecurity	Owasp Owasp modsecurity

Subscriptions

Owasp Modsecurity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-07-03T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:52:49.413Z

Reserved: 2018-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-13065

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-03T12:29:00.280

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:38:46.373

Link: CVE-2018-13065

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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