Atomicorp WAF Rule 300017

Rule Summary

• Rule ID: 300017
• Status: Active
• Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: Media Library Assistant CVE-2023-4634 Remote File Inclusion attack blocked
• Observed CWEs: CWE-73 (1)
• Revision: 1
• Rule severity: Alert (1)
• Phase: 2 (request body)
• Request surfaces: Request filename
• 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: Media Library Assistant CVE-2023-4634 Remote File Inclusion attack blocked” in the request filename. 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-2023-4634

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion and Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 3.09. This is due to insufficient controls on file paths being supplied to the ‘mla_stream_file’ parameter from the ~/includes/mla-stream-image.php file, where images are processed via Imagick(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply files via FTP that will make directory lists, local file inclusion, and remote code execution possible.

• Association: The rule references CVE-2023-4634 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.