HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during HTTP Basic Authentication, regardless of…

Description

HTTP File Server (HFS) before 2.2c tags HTTP request log entries with the username sent during HTTP Basic Authentication, regardless of whether authentication succeeded, which might make it more difficult for an administrator to determine who made a remote request.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20080123 Syhunt: HFS (HTTP File Server) Username Spoofing and Log Forging/Injection Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• hfs-username-spoofing(39877) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/?f=wn (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 27423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfs-1-username.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.syhunt.com/advisories/hfshack.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 28631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 3582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:46 UTC.