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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-2074 · published 5 February 2014

CVE-2013-2074: Kdelibs information exposure vulnerability

Kde · Kdelibs

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% · top 20.3% CWE-200 · Information exposure
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707776
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1842-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/11/2
http://www.osvdb.org/93244
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/cve-2013-2074-kde-kdelibs-password-exposure/
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319428 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961981
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/repository/revisions/65d736dab592bced4410ccfa4699de89f78c96ca/diff/kioslav
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707776
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1842-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/11/2
http://www.osvdb.org/93244
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/cve-2013-2074-kde-kdelibs-password-exposure/
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319428 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961981
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/repository/revisions/65d736dab592bced4410ccfa4699de89f78c96ca/diff/kioslav

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-2074), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.