CVE-2022-45956 (GCVE-0-2022-45956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 19:15
VLAI
Summary
Boa Web Server versions 0.94.13 through 0.94.14 fail to validate the correct security constraint on the HEAD HTTP method allowing everyone to bypass the Basic Authorization mechanism.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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