HIGH
lighttpd: bypass of rewrite/redirect rules using encoded urls
Published Oct 3, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.35% 0.04345
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04345
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04345) | 90.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04345) | 89.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.48% (0.00483) | 63.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 7, 2025 | 13.99% (0.13994) | 95.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.64% (0.06640) | 93.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01094) | 85.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 1.01% (0.01012) | 83.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.01% (0.01012) | 81.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (28)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4359 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465751 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4359
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4359
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 3, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 30, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4359
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a