CVE-2013-2074

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2074
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-05 19:55:28 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionkioslave/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.014670000 probability, percentile 0.809880000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.10.0 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.10.1 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.10.2 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 319428 – notifications about errors contain password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org Vendor Advisory
CVE-2013-2074: KDE kdelibs Password Exposure | xorl %eax, %eax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xorl.wordpress.com
oss-security - CVE request: password exposure in kdelibs when showing "internal server error" messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
kdelibs.git - The KDE Library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.kde.org
961981 – (CVE-2013-2074) CVE-2013-2074 kdelibs: prints passwords contained in HTTP URLs in error messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/93244 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: password exposure in kdelibs when showing "internal server error" messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-1842-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
#707776 - kde4libs: CVE-2013-2074: prints passwords contained in HTTP URLs in error messages - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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