Bypassing Brute-Force Protection in Bludit 3.9.2 via Forged X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP Headers

CVE-2019-17240 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

bl-kernel/security.class.php in Bludit 3.9.2 allows attackers to bypass a brute-force protection mechanism by using many different forged X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP HTTP headers.

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