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CVE-2022-4011

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

A vulnerability was found in Simple History Plugin. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For leads to improper output neutralization for logs. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-213785 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Simple History Project — Simple History

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