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CVE-2009-3166
token.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
token.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a password reset, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history.
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)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (3 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.0.8/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1022902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508189 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36372 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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