# Apache HTTP Server: HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> Apache HTTP Server contains an improper escaping of output vulnerability in mod_rewrite that allows an attacker to map URLs to filesystem locations that are permitted to be served by the server but are not intentionally/directly reachable by any URL, resulting in code execution or source code disclosure. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-01.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/apache-http-server-cve-2024-38475 · generated 2026-10-23T01:02:50.524Z

## Status
- Severity: critical · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Apache HTTP Server
- Started: 2025-05-01 · closed: 2025-05-01
- CVEs: CVE-2024-38475
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-05-01: CISA added CVE-2024-38475 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-05-22).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Apache HTTP Server: HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/apache-http-server-cve-2024-38475 · status: closed (closed May 1, 2025) · severity: critical · updated May 1, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Apache HTTP Server contains an improper escaping of output vulnerability in mod_rewrite that allows an attacker to map URLs to filesystem locations that are permitted to be served by the server but are not intentionally/directly reachable by any URL, resulting in code execution or source code disclosure. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-01.

Severity detail: CVSS 9.1 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Apache HTTP Server
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-38475

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- May 1, 2025: CISA added CVE-2024-38475 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-05-22).

## Advisories
- [Apache advisory: Apache HTTP Server](https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html) (Apache)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-38475](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38475) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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