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Atomicorp WAF Rule 399920

Rule Summary

  • Rule ID: 399920
  • Status: Active
  • Alert message: Atomicorp.com WAF Rules (CANDIDATE): CVE-2023-29919 Path traversal (absolute) in directory, editfile on /texteditor.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-2023-29919, LFI, candidate
  • Logging: log, auditlog

Description

This rule detects behavior identified by its current alert as “Atomicorp.com WAF Rules (CANDIDATE): CVE-2023-29919 Path traversal (absolute) in directory, editfile on /texteditor.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-2023-29919

SolarView Compact <= 6.0 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. Any file on the server can be read or modified because texteditor.php is not restricted.

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.