CVE-2003-0459

KDE Konqueror for KDE 3.1.2 and earlier does not remove authentication credentials from URLs of the "user:password@host" form in the HTTP-Referer header, which could allow remote web sites to steal the credentials for pages that link to the sites.

Published: 2003-08-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0459 is rated Moderate Risk (51.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.90%). EPSS rose +1.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0459

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.52% 2.90% +1.37%
2 2025-04-05 1.07% 1.52% +0.46%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.07% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0459

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0459

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0459

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0459
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-0459 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdelibs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0459

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0459

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde konqueror 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde konqueror_embedded 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:konqueror_embedded:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat analog_real-time_synthesizer 2.1.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:analog_real-time_synthesizer:2.1.1-5:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat analog_real-time_synthesizer 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:analog_real-time_synthesizer:2.2-11:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat analog_real-time_synthesizer 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:analog_real-time_synthesizer:2.2-11:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdebase 3.0.3-13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdebase:3.0.3-13:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdebase 3.0.3-13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdebase:3.0.3-13:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs 2.1.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs:2.1.1-5:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs:2.2-11:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs:2.2-11:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs 3.0.0-10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs:3.0.0-10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs 3.1-10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs:3.1-10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 2.1.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:2.1.1-5:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:2.2-11:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:2.2-11:*:ia64_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 3.0.0-10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:3.0.0-10:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 3.0.3-8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:3.0.3-8:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_devel 3.1-10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_devel:3.1-10:*:i386_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound 2.1.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound:2.1.1-5:*:i386_sound:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound:2.2-11:*:i386_sound:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound:2.2-11:*:ia64_sound:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound_devel 2.1.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound_devel:2.1.1-5:*:i386_sound_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound_devel 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound_devel:2.2-11:*:i386_sound_dev:*:*:*:*:*
redhat kdelibs_sound_devel 2.2-11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kdelibs_sound_devel:2.2-11:*:ia64_sound_dev:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0459

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