Description
IBM Web Application Firewall, as used on the G400 IPS-G400-IB-1 and GX4004 IPS-GX4004-IB-2 appliances with update 31.030, does not properly handle query strings with multiple instances of the same parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended intrusion prevention by dividing a dangerous parameter value into substrings, as demonstrated by a SQL statement that is split across multiple iid parameters and then sent to a .aspx file on an IIS web server.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8339
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025683Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/reference/vuln/HTTP_Parameter_Abuse.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518556/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48370
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67178
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2011-006.txtExploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8339
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025683Exploit
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/reference/vuln/HTTP_Parameter_Abuse.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518556/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48370
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67178
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2011-006.txtExploit
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified