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CVE-2009-1903
The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.0%
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- mitre
Description
The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- FEDORA-2009-2654 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 52552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- GLSA-200907-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 34256 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34311 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2686 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- modsecurity-pdfxss-dos(49211) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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