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Atomicorp WAF Rule 322172

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 322172
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules - Virtual Just In Time Patch: WordPress Download Manager XSS attack (CVE-2013-7319)
  • Observed CWEs: None documented
  • 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
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “Virtual Just In Time Patch: WordPress Download Manager XSS attack (CVE-2013-7319)” 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-2013-7319

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Manager plugin before 2.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title field.

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

No selected related public CVE research notes are currently published.