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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11985

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

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CVE-2020-11985

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Aug 2020, 16:15 UTC

IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.

osv:CVE-2020-11985
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11985",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-11985",
    "summary": "IP address spoofing when proxying using mod_remoteip and mod_rewrite For configurations using proxying with mod_remoteip and certain mod_rewrite rules, an attacker could spoof their IP address for logging and PHP scripts. Note this issue was fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24 but was retrospectively allocated a low severity CVE in 2020.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11985",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-11985.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:38.816764827Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r09bb998baee74a2c316446bd1a41ae7f8d7049d09d9ff991471e8775%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c5c3104813c1c5508b55564b66546933079250a46ce50eee90b2e36%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd336919f655b7ff309385e34a143e41c503e133da80414485b3abcc9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A2RN46PRBJE7E7OPD4YZX5SVWV5QKGV5/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HYVYE2ZERFXDV6RMKK3I5SDSDQLPSEIQ/",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
        "https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-04",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0002/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2020-11985",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434538,
  "published_at": "2020-08-07T16:15:11.81+00:00"
}