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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-11985

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 6.81%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
6.81% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-345
Affected
apache/http server
Source
security@apache.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.