CVE-2024-29643
PHP vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Host Header Injection vulnerability was identified in Croogo version 3.0.2, tracked as CVE-2024-29643. The vulnerability specifically affects the feed.rss component of the content management system. The issue was discovered by Christ Bowel Bouchuen and was published on April 17, 2025 (Medium Blog).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-444 (Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. The issue stems from improper handling of the Host header in the feed.rss component, where the tag is dynamically generated using the Host header value, which can be fully controlled by an attacker (NVD, Medium Blog).

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to several security implications including injection of arbitrary domains in RSS feeds, malicious redirects in RSS readers and aggregators, brand spoofing and phishing opportunities, and potential application logic manipulation if the Host header is used in backend logic (Medium Blog).

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