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CVE-2022-2255

Published: 22 July 2022

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mod-wsgi
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic
Released (4.9.0-1ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

trusty Not vulnerable

bionic
Released (4.5.17-1ubuntu1.1)
focal
Released (4.6.8-1ubuntu3.1)
jammy
Released (4.9.0-1ubuntu0.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/commit/af3c0c2736bc0b0b01fa0f0aad3c904b7fa9c751

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N