CVE-2022-2255

high

Description

A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed from a request from an untrusted proxy, allowing an attacker to pass the X-Client-IP header to the target WSGI application because the condition to remove it is missing.

References

https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.9.3.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00021.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-08-25

Updated: 2022-10-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High