elinks reveals POST data to HTTPS proxy
Published Sep 21, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.60%
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.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
elinks-0:0.9.2-3.3.5.2
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0933
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
elinks-0:0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0933
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | elinks-0:0.9.2-3.3.5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0933 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | elinks-0:0.11.1-5.1.0.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0933 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.60% (0.02599) | 84.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.60% (0.02599) | 83.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 10, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02586) | 85.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.47% (0.01471) | 79.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.60% (0.02598) | 76.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.47% (0.01471) | 79.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00755) | 81.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 1.00% (0.00998) | 83.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00921) | 82.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 23, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00875) | 81.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00847) | 80.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 79.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00791) | 79.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 77.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://bugzilla.elinks.cz/show_bug.cgi?id=937 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26936 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26949 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26956 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27038 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27125 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27132 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1380 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0933.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481606/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25799 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018764 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-519-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3278 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5034 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/elinks/+bug/141018 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297611 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297981 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5034
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10335 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5034
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00079.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00335.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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