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CVE-2008-4359
lighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
lighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL decoding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or possibly modify data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- 32069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31599 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080930 Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20081030 rPSA-2008-0309-1 lighttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1645 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080930 Re: Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- lighttpd-urlredirect-rewrite-info-disclosure(45690) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080930 Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200812-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .