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Atomicorp WAF Rule 399785

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 399785
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: CVE-2020-25780 Path traversal (absolute) in XML leaf elements on /searchsvc/cvsearchservice.svc (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-2020-25780, LFI
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “CVE-2020-25780 Path traversal (absolute) in XML leaf elements on /searchsvc/cvsearchservice.svc (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-2020-25780

In CommCell in Commvault before 14.68, 15.x before 15.58, 16.x before 16.44, 17.x before 17.29, and 18.x before 18.13, Directory Traversal can occur such that an attempt to view a log file can instead view a file outside of the log-files folder.

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.