Lynx Project: >> Lynx >> 2.7 Security Vulnerabilities
Lynx through 2.8.9 mishandles the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, which allows remote attackers to discover cleartext credentials because they may appear in SNI data.
CVSS Score
5.3
EPSS Score
0.032
Published
2021-08-07
Lynx 2.x does not properly distinguish between internal and external HTML, which may allow a local attacker to read a "secure" hidden form value from a temporary file and craft a LYNXOPTIONS: URL that causes Lynx to modify the user's configuration file and execute commands.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
1999-11-16