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modsecurity-crs — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669

Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.

Products
modsecurity-crs
Affected versions
2.2.9-1, 3.0.0-3, 3.0.2-1, 3.1.1-1, 3.2.0-1, 3.3.0-1, 3.3.2-1, 3.3.5-1, 3.3.5-2, 3.3.7-1, 3.3.8-1, 3.3.9-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2020-22669
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Sept 2022, 18:15 UTC

Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22669

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Complete source record
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