CVE-2010-1940
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web...
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
CVE-2010-1940- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
CVE-2010-1940- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1959 No score
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
EUVD-2010-1959- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2h5c-85wg-jwx8 No score
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web...
Apple Safari 4.0.5 on Windows sends the "Authorization: Basic" header appropriate for one web site to a different web site named in a Location header received from the first site, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging HTTP requests. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- Record
GHSA-2h5c-85wg-jwx8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-1940 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Safari, published May 14, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.