CVE-2006-6679

7.5 highEPSS 2.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-863
Published: 2006-12-21
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

chetcpasswd_project:chetcpasswd

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649
http://www.osvdb.org/30544

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