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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0131 · published 14 April 2005

CVE-2005-0131: Berlios konversation vulnerability

BBerlios · Konversation

The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided nickname when connecting to the IRC server, which could leak the password to other users.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% · top 22.4%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided nickname when connecting to the IRC server, which could leak the password to other users.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/031033.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110626383310742&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13919
http://secunia.com/advisories/13989
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012972
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-34.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12312
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19038
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/031033.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110626383310742&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13919
http://secunia.com/advisories/13989
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012972
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-34.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12312
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19038

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0131), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.