CVE-2025-54571
πΆ mediumSummary
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. In versions 2.9.11 and below, an attacker can override the HTTP responseβs Content-Type, which could lead to several issues depending on the HTTP scenario. For example, we have demonstrated the potential for XSS and arbitrary script source code disclosure in the latest version of mod_security2. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.12.
CVSS Score
6.1
Medium
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2025-08-06
First Seen: 2026-01-05
π Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 38.9% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.
#199,577
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
π― CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 6, 2025
π Exploitation Status
Poc
Proof-of-concept available
βοΈ Automatable
YES
Can be exploited automatically
π₯ Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2025-11-03
Source
NVD π
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X