Owasp · Owasp Modsecurity Core Rule Set · CVE-2022-39956
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) versions 3.0.x through 3.3.2
**Description**
The issue concerns a partial rule set bypass for HTTP multipart requests. This occurs when a payload uses a character encoding scheme via the `Content-Type` or the deprecated `Content-Transfer-Encoding` multipart MIME header fields. As a result, the web application firewall engine and the rule set will not decode and inspect the payload, allowing it to bypass detection. A vulnerable backend that supports these encoding schemes can potentially be exploited.
**Recommendations**
For versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x, upgrade to version 3.2.2 or 3.3.3, respectively.
For version 3.2.1, upgrade to version 3.2.2.
For version 3.3.2, upgrade to version 3.3.3.
As a general mitigation measure, install the latest ModSecurity version (v2.9.6 / v3.0.8).