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CVE-2001-1072

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2001-08-31 Modified: 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 Platforms

Apache Http Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References