CVE-2022-2255

mod_wsgi: Trusted Proxy Headers Removing Bypass

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 18, 2022

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-348 · Use of Less Trusted Source