CVE-2023-50463

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.66% (51st) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
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4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The caddy-geo-ip (aka GeoIP) middleware through 0.6.0 for Caddy 2, when trust_header X-Forwarded-For is used, allows attackers to spoof their source IP address via an X-Forwarded-For header, which may bypass a protection mechanism (trusted_proxy directive in reverse_proxy or IP address range restrictions).

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6.5
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v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (4)

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advisories (2)

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  • GHSA-rxg9-hgq7-8pwxHeader spoofing in caddy-geo-ip2023-12-11ghsa · osvUS

    The caddy-geo-ip (aka GeoIP) middleware through 0.6.0 for Caddy 2, when trust_header X-Forwarded-For is used, allows attackers to spoof their source IP address via an X-Forwarded-For header, which may bypass a protection mechanism (trusted_proxy directive in reverse_proxy or IP address range restrictions).

  • GO-2023-2394Spoofed source IP address in github.com/shift72/caddy-geo-ip2024-01-02vendor · osvUS

    The caddy-geo-ip (aka GeoIP) middleware for Caddy 2 allows attackers to spoof their source IP address via an X-Forwarded-For header, which may bypass a protection mechanism (trusted_proxy directive in reverse_proxy or IP address range restrictions).

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published 2023-12-10modified 2026-06-17
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