CVE-2022-48279

high

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.

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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WCH6JM4I4MD4YABYFHSBDDOUFDGIFJKL/

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/52TGCZCOHYBDCVWJYNN2PS4QLOHCXWTQ/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00023.html

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v3.0.8

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/tag/v2.9.6

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2797

https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/pull/2795

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-50981

https://coreruleset.org/20220919/crs-version-3-3-3-and-3-2-2-covering-several-cves/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-01-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01169