CVE-2023-44463
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in pretix before 2023.7.1. Incorrect parsing of configuration files causes the application to trust unchecked X-Forwarded-For headers even though it has not been configured to do so. This can lead to IP address spoofing by users of the application.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-j9gq-w73w-9h6cpretix potential IP address spoofing vulnerability2023-10-02ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in pretix before 2023.7.1. Incorrect parsing of configuration files causes the application to trust unchecked X-Forwarded-For headers even though it has not been configured to do so. This can lead to IP address spoofing by users of the application.
- PYSEC-2023-1872023-10-02vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in pretix before 2023.7.1. Incorrect parsing of configuration files causes the application to trust unchecked X-Forwarded-For headers even though it has not been configured to do so. This can lead to IP address spoofing by users of the application.
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references (16)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-44463/cnnvd
- https://github.com/pretix/pretix/commit/ccdce2ccb8207b82501af3c03f50abc0f819b469cnnvd
- https://github.com/pretix/pretix/compare/v2023.7.0...v2023.7.1cnnvd
- https://github.com/pretix/pretix/tagscnnvd
- https://pretix.eu/about/en/blog/20230911-release-2023-7-1/cnnvd
- https://pretix.eu/about/en/ticketingcnnvd
- https://github.com/pretix/pretix/commit/ccdce2ccb8207b82501af3c03f50abc0f819b469enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pretix/pretix/compare/v2023.7.0...v2023.7.1enisa_euvd
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