CVE-2021-29479

Cached redirect poisoning via X-Forwarded-Host header

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Jun 29, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Mar 30, 2021

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ratpackratpack
  • < 1.9.0Affected

References

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