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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5034 · published 21 September 2007

CVE-2007-5034: Elinks information exposure vulnerability

EElinks · Elinks

ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% · top 15.3% CWE-200 · Information exposure
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
40References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

ELinks before 0.11.3, when sending a POST request for an https URL, appends the body and content headers of the POST request to the CONNECT request in cleartext, which allows remote attackers to sniff sensitive data that would have been protected by TLS. NOTE: this issue only occurs when a proxy is defined for https.

AV:N/AC:M/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://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
http://secunia.com/advisories/26936
http://secunia.com/advisories/26949
http://secunia.com/advisories/26956
http://secunia.com/advisories/27038
http://secunia.com/advisories/27062
http://secunia.com/advisories/27125
http://secunia.com/advisories/27132
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html
http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937
http://secunia.com/advisories/26936
http://secunia.com/advisories/26949
http://secunia.com/advisories/26956
http://secunia.com/advisories/27038
http://secunia.com/advisories/27062
http://secunia.com/advisories/27125
http://secunia.com/advisories/27132
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5034), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.