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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1727 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/1793 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230130 [SECURITY] [DLA 3293-1] modsecurity-crs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00004.html (opens in a new tab)
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