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Atomicorp WAF Rule 399064

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 399064
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: CVE-2022-4063 Path traversal (separator-variant) in popup_shortcode_attributes on /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (rx)
  • Observed CWEs: None documented
  • Revision: 1
  • Rule severity: Critical (2)
  • Phase: 2 (request body)
  • Request surfaces: Request filename
  • Rule action: deny
  • HTTP status: 403
  • Public tags: CVE-2022-4063, LFI
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “CVE-2022-4063 Path traversal (separator-variant) in popup_shortcode_attributes on /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (rx)” 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-2022-4063

The InPost Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.1.4.1 insecurely uses PHP’s extract() function when rendering HTML views, allowing attackers to force the inclusion of malicious files & URLs, which may enable them to run code on servers.

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.