CVE-2022-2255 (GCVE-0-2022-2255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-25 17:26 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
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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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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n/a mod_wsgi Affected: mod_wsgi versions prior to 4.9.3
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