firewall disabled warning despite active firewall

Linux  3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 4 01:06:37 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core)
x86_64
mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.1.30-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1
Apache 2.4
PHP 5.6.30 (cli) (built: Jan 28 2017 14:24:05)
Zend Engine v2.6.0 with the ionCube PHP Loader (enabled) + Intrusion Protection from ioncube24.com (unconfigured) v6.0.8

CWP version: 0.9.8.427

firwalld.service is disabled/removed but CSF/LFD are enabled/working, still CWP is displaying

=== SECURITY WARNING === CSF/LFD Firewall is NOT enabled on your server, click here to enable it!

seems fixed with CWP 0.9.8.436

it is now happening with mod_security instead