CVE-2023-25690
Apache HTTP Server: HTTP request splitting with mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
Some mod_proxy configurations on Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.55 allow a HTTP Request Smuggling attack.Configurations are affected when mod_proxy is enabled along with some form of RewriteRule or ProxyPassMatch in which a non-specific pattern matches some portion of the user-supplied request-target (URL) data and is then re-inserted into the proxied request-target using variable substitution. For example, something like:RewriteEngine onRewriteRule "^/here/(.*)" "http://example.com:8080/elsewhere?$1"; [P]ProxyPassReverse /here/ http://example.com:8080/Request splitting/smuggling could result in bypass of access controls in the proxy server, proxying unintended URLs to existing origin servers, and cache poisoning. Users are recommended to update to at least version 2.4.56 of Apache HTTP Server.
- Affected
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache HTTP Server
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 84.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- Published
- 2023-03-07
- Updated
- 2025-12-18
Proof-of-concept exploits (4)
- dhmosfunk/CVE-2023-25690-POC289★ · 2024-08-24
- oOCyginXOo/CVE-2023-25690-POC2★ · 2025-06-01
- thanhlam-attt/CVE-2023-256904★ · 2023-12-05
- roshanrajbanshi/cve-2023-25690-smuggler0★ · 2026-09-25