CVE-2008-5676
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the ModSecurity (aka mod_security) module 2.5.0 through 2.5.5 for the Apache HTTP Server, when SecCacheTransformations is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or bypass the product's functionality via unknown vectors related to "transformation caching."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5647)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5647 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- breach / modsecurity
- breach / modsecurity
- breach / modsecurity
- breach / modsecurity
- breach / modsecurity
References
- http://blog.modsecurity.org/2008/08/transformation.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/modsecurity/?branch_id=34901&release_id=282329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32146(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2795
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45770
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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