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FKIE_CVE-2022-2255

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-08-25 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:41
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L13940-L13941Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L14046-L14082Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.9.3.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L13940-L13941Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L14046-L14082Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.9.3.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
modwsgi mod_wsgi *
debian debian_linux 10.0
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