MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-3526

Mod Rpaf vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
7.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The reverse proxy add forward module (mod_rpaf) 0.5 and 0.6 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server or application crash) via multiple X-Forwarded-For headers in a request.
Affected vendor
Thomas Eibner
Affected product
Mod Rpaf
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2012-09-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-3526

  • Confirm whether Thomas Eibner Mod Rpaf is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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