General Information

Reverse Proxy Bypass

Variants:
Direct 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Generic

Layer:
Application-Level

Platforms:
Any

Target Type:
Web Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Reverse Proxy Configuration, Secure Design

Invented In:
22/04/2003

Added In:
08/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
Malicious inputs can exceed reverse proxy path restrictions and access forbidden directories, applications, ports and servers in the backend network


Direct Variant:

Reverse Proxy Bypass

Variant Title:
Reverse Proxy Bypass

Typical Severity:
Medium

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