VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-1072

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-08-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Apache with mod_rewrite enabled on most UNIX systems allows remote attackers to bypass RewriteRules by inserting extra / (slash) characters into the requested path, which causes the regular expression in the RewriteRule to fail.

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