Description
Password Pusher, an open source application to communicate sensitive information over the web, comes with a configurable rate limiter. In versions prior to v1.49.0, the rate limiter could be bypassed by forging proxy headers allowing bad actors to send unlimited traffic to the site potentially causing a denial of service. In v1.49.0, a fix was implemented to only authorize proxies on local IPs which resolves this issue. As a workaround, one may add rules to one's proxy and/or firewall to not accept external proxy headers such as `X-Forwarded-*` from clients.
Published: 2024-11-20
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-3353 Password Pusher, an open source application to communicate sensitive information over the web, comes with a configurable rate limiter. In versions prior to v1.49.0, the rate limiter could be bypassed by forging proxy headers allowing bad actors to send unlimited traffic to the site potentially causing a denial of service. In v1.49.0, a fix was implemented to only authorize proxies on local IPs which resolves this issue. As a workaround, one may add rules to one's proxy and/or firewall to not accept external proxy headers such as `X-Forwarded-*` from clients.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ffp2-8p2h-4m5j Password Pusher rate limiter can be bypassed by forging proxy headers
History

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pglombardo
Pglombardo password Pusher
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pglombardo:password_pusher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pglombardo
Pglombardo password Pusher
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Password Pusher, an open source application to communicate sensitive information over the web, comes with a configurable rate limiter. In versions prior to v1.49.0, the rate limiter could be bypassed by forging proxy headers allowing bad actors to send unlimited traffic to the site potentially causing a denial of service. In v1.49.0, a fix was implemented to only authorize proxies on local IPs which resolves this issue. As a workaround, one may add rules to one's proxy and/or firewall to not accept external proxy headers such as `X-Forwarded-*` from clients.
Title Password Pusher's rate limiter can be bypassed by forging proxy headers
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Pglombardo Password Pusher
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-20T16:48:09.821Z

Reserved: 2024-11-15T17:11:13.439Z

Link: CVE-2024-52796

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-20T16:48:02.665Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-11-20T17:15:20.953

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-52796

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