What is CVE-2024-34451?

CVE-2024-34451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ghost, classified under Weak Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-34451?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ghost

CVE-2024-34451

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.8th 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:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ghost
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1390 — Weak Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-34451?: CVE-2024-34451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ghost, classified under Weak Authentication. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-34451?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.