kioslave/http/http.cpp in KIO in kdelibs 4.10.3 and earlier allows attackers to discover…
Priority LOW 27CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
kioslave/http/http.cpp in KIO in kdelibs 4.10.3 and earlier allows attackers to discover credentials via a crafted request that triggers an "internal server error," which includes the username and password in an error message.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0198 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-2074
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wf2x-h8g9-42vj
References
Other 7
- [oss-security] 20130510 CVE request: password exposure in kdelibs when showing "internal server error" messages
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707776
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961981
- https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/repository/revisions/65d736dab592bced4410ccfa4699de89f78c96ca/diff/kioslave/http/http.cpp
- [oss-security] 20130510 Re: CVE request: password exposure in kdelibs when showing "internal server error" messages
- 93244
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/cve-2013-2074-kde-kdelibs-password-exposure/
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Sources
- CVE-2013-2074 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-2074 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wf2x-h8g9-42vj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-2074 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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