CVE-2019-11388 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) through version 3.1.0, specifically within the REQUEST-932-APPLICATION-ATTACK-RCE.conf file. An attacker could trigger this by submitting a specially crafted string with nested repetition operators, potentially causing a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), indicating a low impact on availability and no impact on confidentiality or integrity, with a network attack vector and low attack complexity. The software maintainer disputes this as a vulnerability due to the inability to exploit it via ModSecurity itself. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:modsecurity:owasp_modsecurity_core_rule_set:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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