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CVE-2022-2255

Public on 2022-08-25
Modified on 2024-01-12
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Httpd_modules Extra mod_wsgi 2023-08-07 06:17 ALAS2HTTPD_MODULES-2023-001

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N