Interpretation conflict in ModSecurity (mod_security) 2.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass request rules via application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST data that contains an ASCIIZ (0x00) byte, which mod_security treats as a terminator even though it is still processed as normal data by some HTTP parsers including PHP 5.2.0, and possibly parsers in Perl, and Python.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1359 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.62%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3425 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-03-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 23.50% | 6.62% | -16.88% |
| 2 | 2026-02-08 | 23.04% | 23.50% | +0.46% |
| 3 | 2025-10-25 | — | 23.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
low | CVE-2007-1359: 1 GLSA(s) (200705-17), 1 atom(s) (www-apache/mod_security); latest impact low. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-1359 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2007-1359 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libapache-mod-security), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 5, DNE 4, ignored 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1359 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 1.9.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mod_security | mod_security | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mod_security:mod_security:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |