CVE-2006-6679

HIGH

chetcpasswd < 2.4 - Unauthenticated Incorrect Authorization via X-Forwarded-For Header Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/30544
Broken Link, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21102
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0207
EPSS Percentile 79.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
chetcpasswd_project/chetcpasswd < 2.4
Published Dec 21, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026