CVE-2022-2255 — Use of Less Trusted Source in MOD Wsgi

CWE-348 — Use of Less Trusted SourceCWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Modwsgi MOD WsgiDebian Mod-wsgiDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 25
Latest updateAug 26

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/mod-wsgi< mod-wsgi 4.9.0-1.1 (bookworm)
▶NVDmodwsgi/mod_wsgi< 4.9.3
▶CVEListV5modwsgi/mod_wsgimod_wsgi versions prior to 4.9.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Incorrect header handling in mod-wsgi↗2022-08-26
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OSV
Incorrect header handling in mod-wsgi↗2022-08-26
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OSV
CVE-2022-2255: A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi↗2022-08-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Microsoft
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 b↗2022-08-09
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Ubuntu
mod-wsgi vulnerability↗2022-08-04
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Red Hat
mod_wsgi: Trusted Proxy Headers Removing Bypass↗2022-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2022-2255: mod-wsgi - A vulnerability was found in mod_wsgi. The X-Client-IP header is not removed fro...↗2022
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