CVE-2023-51701 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

fastify-reply-from is a Fastify plugin to forward the current HTTP request to another server. A reverse proxy server built with `@fastify/reply-from` could misinterpret the incoming body by passing an header `ContentType: application/json ; charset=utf-8`. This can lead to bypass of security checks. This vulnerability has been patched in '@fastify/reply-from` version 9.6.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00229.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Fastify	Reply-from

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fastify:reply-from:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-0427	fastify-reply-from is a Fastify plugin to forward the current HTTP request to another server. A reverse proxy server built with `@fastify/reply-from` could misinterpret the incoming body by passing an header `ContentType: application/json ; charset=utf-8`. This can lead to bypass of security checks. This vulnerability has been patched in '@fastify/reply-from` version 9.6.0.
Github GHSA	GHSA-v2v2-hph8-q5xp	@fastify/reply-from JSON Content-Type parsing confusion

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/fastify/fastify-reply-from/releases/tag/v9.6.0
https://github.com/fastify/fastify-reply-from/security/advisories/GHSA-v2v2-hph8-q5xp

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-01-08T13:55:05.071Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:37:39.150Z

Reserved: 2023-12-21T21:32:12.991Z

Link: CVE-2023-51701

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:40:34.194Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T14:15:46.677

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:38:38.310

Link: CVE-2023-51701

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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