CVE-2019-11387: Modsecurity Owasp Modsecurity Core Rule Set

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) through 3.1.0. /rules/REQUEST-942-APPLICATION-ATTACK-SQLI.conf allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ReDOS) by entering a specially crafted string with nested repetition operators.

Affected products

• Modsecurity Owasp Modsecurity Core Rule Set: from 3.0.0, up to and including 3.1.0

Published 2019-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.