Atomicorp WAF Rule 322102

Rule Summary

• Rule ID: 322102
• Status: Active
• Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: SQL Injection attack against WP Good Layers Plugin (CVE-2020-27481)
• Observed CWEs: CWE-89 (1)
• Revision: 2
• Rule severity: Critical (2)
• Phase: 2 (request body)
• Request surfaces: Request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data
• Rule action: deny
• HTTP status: 403
• Public tags: SQLi
• Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “Virtual Just In Time Patch: SQL Injection attack against WP Good Layers Plugin (CVE-2020-27481)” in the request arguments, JSON request data, SOAP request data. 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-2020-27481

An unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability in Good Layers LMS Plugin <= 2.1.4 exists due to the usage of “wp_ajax_nopriv” call in WordPress, which allows any unauthenticated user to get access to the function “gdlr_lms_cancel_booking” where POST Parameter “id” was sent straight into SQL query without sanitization.

• Association: The rule references CVE-2020-27481 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.