CVE-2009-3166 — token.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a password reset, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history

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token.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a password reset, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history

Published Sep 15, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.16%

Description

token.cgi in Bugzilla 3.4rc1 through 3.4.1 places a password in a URL at the beginning of a login session that occurs immediately after a password reset, which allows context-dependent attackers to discover passwords by reading (1) web-server access logs, (2) web-server Referer logs, or (3) the browser history.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.16% 0.01159

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01159

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.16% (0.01159)	65.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.16% (0.01159)	62.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00357)	55.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.33% (0.00327)	71.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.33% (0.00327)	70.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00327)	66.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-255

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/36718
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.0.8/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36372
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022902
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508189
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/36718		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.0.8/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36372		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022902		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508189		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 15, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 11, 2009

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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