CVE-2000-0982: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 12.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer before 5.5 forwards cached user credentials for a secure web site to insecure pages on the same web site, which could allow remote attackers to obtain the credentials by monitoring connections to the web server, aka the "Cached Web Credentials" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 4.0 only; version 4.0.1 only; version 4.1 only; version 5.0 only; version 5.01 only

Published 2000-12-19. Last modified 2026-09-23.