CVE-2024-21494
Apache Caddy Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Via X-Forwarded-For Header
Description
All versions of the package github.com/greenpau/caddy-security are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Spoofing via the X-Forwarded-For header due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can spoof an IP address used in the user identity module (/whoami API endpoint). This could lead to unauthorized access if the system trusts this spoofed IP address.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 17, 2024, 5:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 20, 2024, 7:50 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-21494 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description All versions of the package github.com/greenpau/caddy-security are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by Spoofing via the X-Forwarded-For header due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can spoof an IP address used in the user identity module (/whoami API endpoint). This could lead to unauthorized access if the system trusts this spoofed IP address. Added Reference Snyk https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGREENPAUCADDYSECURITY-6249859 [No types assigned] Added Reference Snyk https://github.com/greenpau/caddy-security/issues/266 [No types assigned] Added Reference Snyk https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/09/18/security-flaws-in-an-sso-plugin-for-caddy/ [No types assigned] Added CWE Snyk CWE-290 Added CVSS V3.1 Snyk AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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