CVE-2001-1403

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% 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 includes the username and password in URLs, which could allow attackers to gain privileges by reading the information from the web server logs, or by "shoulder-surfing" and observing the web browser's location bar.

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=15980
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=15980
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99912899900567
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-107.html

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