CVE-2021-29479CWE-807

Cached redirect poisoning via X-Forwarded-Host header

High · published June 29, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ratpack is a toolkit for creating web applications. In versions prior to 1.9.0, a user supplied `X-Forwarded-Host` header can be used to perform cache poisoning of a cache fronting a Ratpack server if the cache key does not include the `X-Forwarded-Host` header as a cache key. Users are only vulnerable if they do not configure a custom `PublicAddress` instance. For versions prior to 1.9.0, by default, Ratpack utilizes an inferring version of `PublicAddress` which is vulnerable. This can be used to perform redirect cache poisoning where an attacker can force a cached redirect to redirect to their site instead of the intended redirect location. The vulnerability was patched in Ratpack 1.9.0. As a workaround, ensure that `ServerConfigBuilder::publicAddress` correctly configures the server in production.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00857 · 58.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-807 · Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Published
2021-06-29T14:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 JUN 14:35Z
    Cached redirect poisoning via X-Forwarded-Host header
    cvelistv5