Atomicorp WAF Rule 300016

Rule Summary

• Rule ID: 300016
• Status: Active
• Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: Creative Contact Form CVE-2014-8739 Uploaded PHP Execution blocked
• Observed CWEs: CWE-434 (1)
• Revision: 1
• Rule severity: Alert (1)
• Phase: 2 (request body)
• Request surfaces: Request URI
• Rule action: deny
• HTTP status: 403
• Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “Virtual Just In Time Patch: Creative Contact Form CVE-2014-8739 Uploaded PHP Execution blocked” in the request URI. It evaluates during the request body phase and denies matching traffic with HTTP status 403.

CVEs Referenced by This Rule

The current ModSecurity rule metadata explicitly names the following CVEs. These references explain the rule author’s association; they do not claim that the rule is limited to these vulnerabilities or that this is an exhaustive coverage list.

CVE-2014-8739

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File Upload Plugin 6.4.4 for jQuery, as used in the Creative Solutions Creative Contact Form (formerly Sexy Contact Form) before 1.0.0 for WordPress and before 2.0.1 for Joomla!, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file with an PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, as exploited in the wild in October 2014.

• Association: The rule references CVE-2014-8739 in its alert message.
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Selected Related CVEs

This is a selected list of documented research observations, not an exhaustive coverage matrix. Absence of a CVE does not imply absence of protection.

Observed CWEs

These CWEs are recorded on published CVEs in the selected observations associated with this rule. They are observational relationships, not a claim that the rule universally blocks every vulnerability assigned to a CWE.