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Apache 2.4.49/2.4.50 Traversal RCE

Disclosed
May 10, 2021

Description

This module exploit an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability which exists in Apache version 2.4.49 (CVE-2021-41773).
If files outside of the document root are not protected by 'require all denied' and CGI has been explicitly enabled,
it can be used to execute arbitrary commands (Remote Command Execution).
This vulnerability has been reintroduced in Apache 2.4.50 fix (CVE-2021-42013).
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