CVE-2024-34451
criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Ghost through 5.85.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an authentication rate-limit protection mechanism by using many X-Forwarded-For headers with different values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that Ghost should be installed with a reverse proxy that allows only trusted X-Forwarded-For headers.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.1
ssvc
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-ghost-2024-344512025-06-23vendor · osvUS
Ghost through 5.85.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an authentication rate-limit protection mechanism by using many X-Forwarded-For headers with different values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that Ghost should be installed with a reverse proxy that allows only trusted X-Forwarded-For headers.
also known as (3)
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-34451/cnnvd
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqEcnnvd
- https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-cnnvd
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releasescnnvd
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqEenisa_euvd
- https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-https-infinite-loops/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releasesenisa_euvd
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqEExploitnvd
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