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Atomicorp WAF Rule 399523

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 399523
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: CVE-2024-10516 Path traversal (base64) in data 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-2024-10516, LFI
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “CVE-2024-10516 Path traversal (base64) in data 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-2024-10516

The Swift Performance Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local PHP File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.7.1 via the ‘ajaxify’ function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary 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 images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

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.