CVE-2024-38473 (GCVE-0-2024-38473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-01 18:14 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:53
VLAI
Title
Apache HTTP Server proxy encoding problem
Summary
Encoding problem in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows request URLs with incorrect encoding to be sent to backend services, potentially bypassing authentication via crafted requests. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.59 (semver)
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Credits
Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE
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