Transformation **sqlHexDecode** needs to be implemented inside libmodsecurity. The documentation of the transformation can be found here: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/wiki/Reference-Manual#sqlHexDecode The file already exist in the repository: https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/blob/libmodsecurity/src/actions/transformations/sql_hex_decode.cc