CVE-2013-2074

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.

Published: 2014-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2074 is rated Moderate Risk (47.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.98%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2074

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 1.46% 1.98% +0.52%
2 2025-07-12 1.31% 1.46% +0.14%
3 2025-05-04 1.31%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2074

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-2013-2074

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2074

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2013-2074: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-34), 1 atom(s) (kde-base/kdelibs); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2074
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2074
suse low CVE-2013-2074 severity low: SUSE including 15 source package names (kdelibs3-3.5.10-89.3, kdelibs3-32bit-3.5.10-89.3, …), 44 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, … (7 product lines)): Known Not Affected 36, Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2074/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2074 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kde4libs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2074

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2074

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kdelibs <= 4.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2074

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