Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Caddy Security Due to Improper Input Sanitization
CVE-2024-21494

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

github.com/greenpau/caddy-security

Status
Github.com/greenpau/caddy-security
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 February 2024

What is CVE-2024-21494?

All versions of the package github.com/greenpau/caddy-security 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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Affected Version(s)

github.com/greenpau/caddy-security 0

References

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGREENP...
https://github.com/greenpau/caddy-security/issues/266
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/09/18/security-flaws-in...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Maciej Domanski
Travis Peters
David Pokora
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