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The vulnerability stemmed from how getIPAddress() handled proxy IP validation. Pre-patch versions allowed $proxyIPs to be configured as a string/comma-list, which led to insufficient verification of client IP headers. The method checked multiple headers (X-Forwarded-For, Client-IP, etc.) without properly validating whether the connecting proxy itself was trusted, enabling IP spoofing if the server was behind a reverse proxy. The commit 5ca8c99 fundamentally changed $proxyIPs to require explicit proxy-IP-to-header mappings, and added validation checks that were previously missing.
| Package Name | Ecosystem | Vulnerable Versions | First Patched Version |
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| codeigniter4/framework | composer | < 4.2.11 | 4.2.11 |
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