Vulnerability in Wargio Naxsi

CVE-2023-45132

NAXSI is an open-source maintenance web application firewall (WAF) for NGINX. An issue present starting in version 1.3 and prior to version 1.6 allows someone to bypass the WAF when a malicious `X-Forwarded-For` IP matches `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` rules. This old code was arranged to allow older NGINX versions to also support `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` when multiple reverse proxies were present. The issue is patched in version 1.6. As a workaround, do not set any `IgnoreIP` `IgnoreCIDR` for older versions.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45132?
CVE-2023-45132 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wargio Naxsi, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-45132?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.