CVE-1999-1473: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 7.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When a Web site redirects the browser to another site, Internet Explorer 3.02 and 4.0 automatically resends authentication information to the second site, aka the "Page Redirect Issue."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 3.0.2 only; version 4.0 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.