CVE-2022-48279

mod_security: incorrect parsing of HTTP multipart requests leads to web application firewall bypass

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

En ModSecurity anterior a 2.9.6 y 3.x anterior a 3.0.8, las solicitudes HTTP multiparte se analizaban incorrectamente y podían omitir el Firewall de aplicaciones web. NOTA: esto está relacionado con CVE-2022-39956, pero puede considerarse cambios independientes en el código base de ModSecurity (lenguaje C).

A vulnerability was found in ModSecurity. This issue occurs when HTTP multipart requests are 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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-20 CVE Reserved
2023-01-20 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-436: Interpretation Conflict
CWE-1389: Incorrect Parsing of Numbers with Different Radices

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves	Not Applicable
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6	Release Notes
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8	Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795	2023-11-07
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYRTXTOQQI6SB2TLI5QXU76DURSLS4XI	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48279	2023-08-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2163622	2023-08-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Trustwave Search vendor "Trustwave"		Modsecurity Search vendor "Trustwave" for product "Modsecurity"				< 2.9.6 Search vendor "Trustwave" for product "Modsecurity" and version " < 2.9.6"		-		Affected
Trustwave Search vendor "Trustwave"		Modsecurity Search vendor "Trustwave" for product "Modsecurity"				>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.8 Search vendor "Trustwave" for product "Modsecurity" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.0.8"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected