fix #5157: explicitly set Content-Type header when posting an empty body

[BertKoor]

This is done to circumvent CRS rule 920420 of Apache ModSecurity.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 35.43%. Comparing base (e7a9d13) to head (4d5c73e).
Report is 28 commits behind head on main.

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- Coverage     35.53%   35.43%   -0.10%     
- Complexity    11143    11169      +26     
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  Files          1157     1158       +1     
  Lines         47737    47886     +149     
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+ Hits          16961    16967       +6     
- Misses        30776    30919     +143     

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