CVE-2008-4359: Debian Linux
High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
Published 2008-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.