Input validation error in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) - CVE-2022-39956

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Input validation error in OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) - CVE-2022-39956

Published: February 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72089
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39956
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS)
Software vendor:
OWASP

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass filtration rules.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a payload that uses a character encoding scheme via the Content-Type or the deprecated Content-Transfer-Encoding multipart MIME header fields that will not be decoded and inspected by the web application firewall engine and the rule set.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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