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CVE-2001-1072

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: 1.3.14, 1.3.17, 1.3.19

References

• http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-02-01#security
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/203955
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3176
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8633
• http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-02-01#security
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/203955
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3176
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8633

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