Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier vulnerability: Bypassing IP-based Authentication via X-Forwarded-* Headers

CVE-2022-31813 · CRITICAL Severity

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

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may not send the X-Forwarded-* headers to the origin server based on client side Connection header hop-by-hop mechanism. This may be used to bypass IP based authentication on the origin server/application.

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