CVE-2001-1401

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Bugzilla before 2.14 does not properly restrict access to confidential bugs, which could allow Bugzilla users to bypass viewing permissions via modified bug id parameters in (1) process_bug.cgi, (2) show_activity.cgi, (3) showvotes.cgi, (4) showdependencytree.cgi, (5) showdependencygraph.cgi, (6) showattachment.cgi, or (7) describecomponents.cgi.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14

References

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39524
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39526
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39527
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39531
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39533
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70189
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82781
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99912899900567
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-107.html
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39524
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39526
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39527

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