Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Affecting github.com/greenpau/caddy-security package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.05% (17th
percentile)
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- published 16 Feb 2024
- disclosed 18 Sep 2023
- credit Maciej Domanski, Travis Peters, David Pokora
Introduced: 18 Sep 2023
CVE-2024-21494 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for github.com/greenpau/caddy-security.
Overview
github.com/greenpau/caddy-security is a Security App and Plugin for Caddy v2.
Affected versions of this package 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.
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