CVE-2023-38199 is a critical vulnerability affecting OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) through version 3.3.4. It allows attackers to bypass Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) by sending multiple Content-Type headers, leading to "Content-Type confusion" between the WAF and the backend application. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:owasp:coreruleset:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.