CVE-2010-1940

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 4.0.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39670
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58620
http://secunia.com/advisories/39670
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58620

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