Atomicorp WAF Rule 320017

Rule Summary

• Rule ID: 320017
• Status: Active
• Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership CVE-2026-9290 LFI blocked
• Observed CWEs: CWE-22 (1)
• Revision: 2
• Rule severity: Critical (2)
• 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: WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership CVE-2026-9290 LFI 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-2026-9290

The WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.17 via the (profile template scope) function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included.

• Association: The rule references CVE-2026-9290 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.