CVE-2022-39955
HIGHOWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set 3.0.0-3.2.1 and 3.3.2 - Rule Bypass via Multiple Charset Content-Type Header
Title source: llmDescription
The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) is affected by a partial rule set bypass by submitting a specially crafted HTTP Content-Type header field that indicates multiple character encoding schemes. A vulnerable back-end can potentially be exploited by declaring multiple Content-Type "charset" names and therefore bypassing the configurable CRS Content-Type header "charset" allow list. An encoded payload can bypass CRS detection this way and may then be decoded by the backend. The legacy CRS versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x are affected, as well as the currently supported versions 3.2.1 and 3.3.2. Integrators and users are advised to upgrade to 3.2.2 and 3.3.3 respectively.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PD56EAYNGB6E6QQH62LAYCONOP6OH5DZ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPQ6CCMX3MU4A7MTCGQJA7VMJW3IQDXV/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HL2L2GF7GOCWPMJZDUE5OXDSXHGG3XUJ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-25
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0078
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
35
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
owasp/owasp_modsecurity_core_rule_set
3.0.0 - 3.2.2
Published
Sep 20, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026