CVE-2006-6679
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-6679- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-6679- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-6662 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-6662- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w6r8-h4cf-gr7j
Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header when verifying...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w6r8-h4cf-gr7j- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-6679 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Chetcpasswd Project Chetcpasswd, published December 21, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.11%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=68912&release_id=466649
osvdb.org/30544
secunia.com/advisories/22967
securityfocus.com/bid/21102
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=116371297325564&w=2
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30451
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6679
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6r8-h4cf-gr7j