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CVE-2023-44463

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-290

Description

An issue was discovered in pretix before 2023.7.1. Incorrect parsing of configuration files causes the application to trust unchecked X-Forwarded-For headers even though it has not been configured to do so. This can lead to IP address spoofing by users of the application.

Affected products

• Rami Pretix: before 2023.7.1 — fixed in 2023.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rami Pretix 2023.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/commit/ccdce2ccb8207b82501af3c03f50abc0f819b469
• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/compare/v2023.7.0...v2023.7.1
• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/tags
• https://pretix.eu/about/en/blog/20230911-release-2023-7-1/
• https://pretix.eu/about/en/ticketing
• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/commit/ccdce2ccb8207b82501af3c03f50abc0f819b469
• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/compare/v2023.7.0...v2023.7.1
• https://github.com/pretix/pretix/tags
• https://pretix.eu/about/en/blog/20230911-release-2023-7-1/
• https://pretix.eu/about/en/ticketing

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