PT-2018-11565 · Owasp · Modsecurity

Adipta Basu · Published 2018-07-03 · Updated 2025-07-03 · CVE-2018-13065

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ModSecurity version 3.0.0

Description The issue concerns an XSS vulnerability via an onerror attribute of an IMG element. It is noted that a third party has disputed this issue, suggesting it may only apply to environments without a Core Rule Set configured.

Recommendations For ModSecurity version 3.0.0, consider configuring a Core Rule Set to potentially mitigate the risk of this issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of onerror attributes in IMG elements until a more definitive resolution is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-13065

Affected Products

Modsecurity

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44970 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13065 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13065 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/issues/1829 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/127667 · Telegram Post
• https://hackings8n.blogspot.com/2018/07/cve-2018-13065-modsecurity-300-has-xss.html · Note