CVE-2020-11985
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 15.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-11985
To remediate CVE-2020-11985, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.4.24 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.25-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-11985 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 15.3%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.4.1, < 2.4.24
- from 0, < 2.4.25-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |