CVE-2006-6679

7.5
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
2.11%
LOW RiskEPSS (81st percentile)

Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying a client's status on an IP address ACL, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access by spoofing this header.

Published: 12/21/2006
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

2.11%LOW Exploitation Risk
81st percentile

This vulnerability has a 2.11% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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