Is CVE-2009-3166 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3166 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3166?

CVE-2009-3166 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-3166

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-255
EPSS score: 1.2% (67th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3149)
Published: September 15, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3149 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mozilla / bugzilla
mozilla / bugzilla
mozilla / bugzilla

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36718(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.0.8/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36372(Patch)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022902
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508189(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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