Unchecked return value in ModSecurity - CVE-2025-54571

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Unchecked return value in ModSecurity - CVE-2025-54571

Published: August 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113672
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54571
CWE-ID: CWE-252
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient checks of the return value when handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can override HTTP response Content-Type header and perform XSS attacks or disclose arbitrary script source code.


Affected software

ModSecurity
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Server Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
EasyApache
Infrastructure Technology
Oracle HTTP Server
Communications Unified Assurance
apache2-mod_security2
apache2-mod_security2-debugsource
apache2-mod_security2-debuginfo
mod_security-debugsource
mod_security-debuginfo
mod_security

How to mitigate CVE-2025-54571

Install updates from vendor's website.

ModSecurity - update to 2.9.12
EasyApache - update to 4 25-26
apache2-mod_security2 - addressed in versions 2.8.0-7.12.1, 2.9.4-150400.3.12.1
apache2-mod_security2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.8.0-7.12.1, 2.9.4-150400.3.12.1
apache2-mod_security2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.8.0-7.12.1, 2.9.4-150400.3.12.1
mod_security-debugsource - update to 2.9.12-1
mod_security-debuginfo - update to 2.9.12-1
mod_security - update to 2.9.12-1

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