VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-48279
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-436
- Affected
- owasp/modsecurity · trustwave/modsecurity · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/Not Applicable
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL/
- https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/Not Applicable
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.