CVE catalog

CVE-2009-5031

modsecurity-apache: CVE-2009-5031

Severity: Low
Published: Jun 15, 2024, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 2.93% · Oct 25, 2026

ModSecurity before 2.5.11 treats request parameter values containing single quotes as files, which allows remote attackers to bypass filtering rules and perform other attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a single quote in a request parameter in the Content-Disposition field of a request with a multipart/form-data Content-Type header.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	modsecurity-apache	sid	`2.9.13-1`	not affected
Debian	modsecurity-apache	forky	`2.9.13-1`	not affected
Debian	modsecurity-apache	trixie	`2.9.11-1+deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	modsecurity-apache	bookworm	`2.9.7-1+deb12u2`	not affected
Debian	modsecurity-apache	bookworm-security	`2.9.7-1+deb12u1`	not affected
Opensuse	apache2-mod_security2	tumbleweed	`2.9.0-5.6`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	modsecurity-apache	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	modsecurity-apache	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	modsecurity-apache	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	modsecurity-apache	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	apache2-mod_security2	rpm	tumbleweed	`2.9.0-5.6`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10034-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libapache2-mod-security2]Not affected
Source package: [modsecurity-apache]
Details (4)
- 2.9.7-1+deb12u2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · modsecurity-apache · debian · bookworm
- 2.9.7-1+deb12u2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · modsecurity-apache · debian · bookworm
- 2.9.7-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · modsecurity-apache · debian · bookworm
- 2.9.7-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · modsecurity-apache · debian · bookworm

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[apache2-mod_security2]Fixed
Source package: [apache2-mod_security2]
Details (1)
- 2.9.12-1.7 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.9.0-5.6
  dsa · apache2-mod_security2 · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:46 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]