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CVE-2003-1581

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1581 describes an Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC) vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.44. When DNS resolution for client IP addresses is enabled, remote attackers can inject arbitrary text, including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) sequences, into log files by combining an HTTP request with a crafted DNS response. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating low severity. It requires network access and high attack complexity, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise (e.g., log file manipulation) but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of attention and perceived threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-1581Low

httpd: Injection of arbitrary text into log files when DNS resolution is enabled

Mar 4, 2003

References

securityfocus.com / archive/1/313867
Exploit