CVE-2023-45132

CRITICAL

NAXSI 1.3-<1.6 - WAF Bypass via X-Forwarded-For IP Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NAXSI is an open-source maintenance web application firewall (WAF) for NGINX. An issue present starting in version 1.3 and prior to version 1.6 allows someone to bypass the WAF when a malicious `X-Forwarded-For` IP matches `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` rules. This old code was arranged to allow older NGINX versions to also support `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` when multiple reverse proxies were present. The issue is patched in version 1.6. As a workaround, do not set any `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` for older versions.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 51.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (1)
wargio/naxsi 1.3 - 1.6
Published Oct 11, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026