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CVE-2023-25690

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 83.77% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-03-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2023-25690
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
83.77%
Apache

Original NVD Description

Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.55 allow a HTTP Request Smuggling attack. Configurations are affected when mod_proxy is enabled along with some form of RewriteRule or ProxyPassMatch in which a non-specific pattern matches some portion of the user-supplied request-target (URL) data and is then re-inserted into the proxied request-target using variable substitution. For example, something like: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule "^/here/(.*)" "http://example.com:8080/elsewhere?$1"; [P] ProxyPassReverse /here/ http://example.com:8080/ Request splitting/smuggling could result in bypass of access controls in the proxy server, proxying unintended URLs to existing origin servers, and cache poisoning. Users are recommended to update to at least version 2.4.56 of Apache HTTP Server.

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