CVE-2022-48279
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CVE-2022-48279 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.. EPSS estimates a 1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In ModSecurity before 2.9.6 and 3.x before 3.0.8, HTTP multipart requests were incorrectly parsed and could bypass the Web Application Firewall. NOTE: this is related to CVE-2022-39956 but can be considered independent changes to the ModSecurity (C language) codebase.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Owasp | Modsecurity | >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.8 |
| Trustwave | Modsecurity | < 2.9.6 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
References
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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