CVE-2023-45132
CRITICALNAXSI 1.3-<1.6 - WAF Bypass via X-Forwarded-For IP Spoofing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/wargio/naxsi/security/advisories/GHSA-7qjc-q4j9-pc8x
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wargio/naxsi/pull/103
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wargio/naxsi/commit/1b712526ed3314dd6be7e8b0259eabda63c19537
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