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CVE-2003-0459
KDE Konqueror for KDE 3.1.2 and earlier does not remove authentication credentials from URLs of the "user:password@host" form in the…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
KDE Konqueror for KDE 3.1.2 and earlier does not remove authentication credentials from URLs of the "user:password@host" form in the HTTP-Referer header, which could allow remote web sites to steal the credentials for pages that link to the sites.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 20030729 KDE Security Advisory: Konqueror Referrer Authentication Leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030729-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- CLA-2003:747 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- DSA-361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:411 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20030802 [slackware-security] KDE packages updated (SSA:2003-213-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TLSA-2003-45 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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Record last updated .