# CVE-2012-2212: McAfee Web Gateway 7.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the access configuration for the CONNECT method by providing an arbitrary allowed h

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-04-28 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

McAfee Web Gateway 7.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the access configuration for the CONNECT method by providing an arbitrary allowed hostname in the Host HTTP header. NOTE: this issue might not be reproducible, because the researcher did not provide configuration details for the vulnerable system, and the observed behavior might be consistent with a configuration that was (perhaps inadvertently) designed to allow access based on Host HTTP headers

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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0189.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0164.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0118.html

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