CVE-2022-2255
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2022 at 05:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxModwsgi
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L13940-L13941x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/blob/4.9.2/src/server/mod_wsgi.c#L14046-L14082Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00021.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release-notes/version-4.9.3.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-348CWE-345
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