CVE-1999-1469: Hughes Technologies w3-Auth

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Affected products

Published 1999-09-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.