CVE-2020-22669
Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Modsecurity owasp-modsecurity-crs 3.2.0 (Paranoia level at PL1) has a SQL injection bypass vulnerability. Attackers can use the comment characters and variable assignments in the SQL syntax to bypass Modsecurity WAF protection and implement SQL injection attacks on Web applications.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- owasp/owasp modsecurity core rule set · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1727Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/1793Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/owasp-modsecurity-crs/issues/1727Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/coreruleset/coreruleset/pull/1793Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00004.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.