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GHSA-25gq-jvx2-vg9x Silverstripe X-Forwarded-Host request hostname injection

HIGH Published 2024-05-23 Modified 2024-05-23 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
silverstripe/framework
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-601
Reviewed
2024-05-23

Affected packages

• Packagist silverstripe/framework: >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.13 → fixed in 3.1.13

Description

A potential hostname injection vulnerability has been found which could allow attackers to alter url resolution. If a request contains the X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header a website would then use its value in place of the actual HTTP hostname. In cases where caching is enabled, this could allow an attacker to potentially embed a remote url as the base_url for any site. This would then cause other visitors to the site to be redirected unknowingly. This header is necessary for servers running behind a reverse proxy (such as nginx). Such servers are likely not vulnerable to this risk. A fix has been merged into the default installer, although existing projects which do not run behind a reverse proxy should update their htaccess as below: ``` # Remove X-Forwarded-Host header sent as a part of any request from the web RequestHeader unset X-Forwarded-Host ```

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness

References