HTTP Server vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product5 known exploited267 versions
The short answer

HTTP Server is made by Apache. We track 318 published vulnerabilities in it, across 267 versions. 5 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 1 May 2025. If you run HTTP Server, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent HTTP Server flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2024-38475, on 1 May 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of HTTP Server do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.

Known exploited

Which HTTP Server vulnerabilities are being exploited?

5 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 9.1
    CVE-2024-38475CriticalKnown exploited
    Apache HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability

    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...

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since1 May 2025
  2. 9.0
    CVE-2021-40438CriticalKnown exploited
    Apache HTTP Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

    A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since1 Dec 2021
  3. 7.8
    CVE-2019-0211HighKnown exploited
    Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Apache HTTP Server, with MPM event, worker or prefork, code executing in less-privileged child processes or threads (including scripts executed by an in-process scripting interpreter) could execute code with the...

    Chance of use65%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
  4. 7.5
    CVE-2021-41773HighKnown exploited
    Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal Vulnerability

    Apache HTTP Server contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution if files outside directories configured by Alias-like directives are not under default �require all...

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
  5. 9.8
    CVE-2021-42013CriticalKnown exploited
    Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal Vulnerability

    Apache HTTP Server contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution if files outside directories configured by Alias-like directives are not under default require all...

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since3 Nov 2021
Exploit likelihood

Which HTTP Server flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2021-40438CriticalKnown exploited

    A crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy to forward the request to an origin server choosen by the remote user.

    CVSS9.0Published16 Sep 2021
  2. >99%
    CVE-2021-41773HighKnown exploited

    A flaw was found in a change made to path normalization in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49.

    CVSS7.5Published5 Oct 2021
  3. >99%
    CVE-2021-42013CriticalKnown exploited

    It was found that the fix for CVE-2021-41773 in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.50 was insufficient.

    CVSS9.8Published7 Oct 2021
  4. >99%
    CVE-2024-38475CriticalKnown exploited

    Improper escaping of output in mod_rewrite in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows an attacker to map URLs to filesystem locations that are permitted to be served by the server but are not...

    CVSS9.1Published1 Jul 2024
  5. 99%

    The byterange filter in the Apache HTTP Server 1.3.x, 2.0.x through 2.0.64, and 2.2.x through 2.2.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a Range header that expresses...

    CVSS7.8Published29 Aug 2011
  6. 97%

    A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts).

    CVSS9.8Published20 Dec 2021
  7. 97%

    Off-by-one error in the ldap scheme handling in the Rewrite module (mod_rewrite) in Apache 1.3 from 1.3.28, 2.0.46 and other versions before 2.0.59, and 2.2, when RewriteEngine is enabled, allows remote attackers to...

    CVSS7.6Published28 Jul 2006
  8. 95%

    http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an...

    CVSS4.3Published28 Jul 2006
  9. 95%

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default error page of Apache 2.0 before 2.0.43, and 1.3.x up to 1.3.26, when UseCanonicalName is "Off" and support for wildcard DNS is present, allows remote attackers...

    CVSS6.8Published11 Oct 2002
  10. 95%

    Apache httpd allows remote attackers to read secret data from process memory if the Limit directive can be set in a user's .htaccess file, or if httpd.conf has certain misconfigurations, aka Optionsbleed.

    CVSS7.5Published18 Sep 2017
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We track 318 published vulnerabilities listed under the name HTTP Server, across 267 versions. The most recent HTTP Server flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2024-38475, on 1 May 2025.

5 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2021-40438 and CVE-2019-0211.

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