CVE-2013-2765
The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 13.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ModSecurity - Remote Null Pointer Dereference (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25852dos, multiplepublished 31 May 2013Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.7% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- [mod-security-users] 20130527 Availability of ModSecurity 2.7.4 Stable Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20130528 [SECURITY][CVE-2013-2765][ModSecurity] Remote Null Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.shookalabs.com/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.modsecurity.org/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2704 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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