CWE-522— Insufficiently Protected Credentials
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.— MITRE CWE catalog
1,812 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
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- CVE-2021-38863MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-09-23
IBM Security Verify Bridge 1.0.5.0 stores user credentials in plain clear text which can be read by a locally authenticated user. IBM X-Force ID: 208154.
- CVE-2021-34733MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-09-02
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Manager could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information stored on the underlying file system of an affected …
- CVE-2021-21681MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-08-31
Jenkins Nomad Plugin 0.7.4 and earlier stores Docker passwords unencrypted in the global config.xml file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- CVE-2021-34560MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-08-31
In PEPPERL+FUCHS WirelessHART-Gateway <= 3.0.9 a form contains a password field with autocomplete enabled. The stored credentials can be captured by an attacker who gains control over the user's computer. Therefore the user must have logge…
- CVE-2021-37452MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-07-25
NCH Quorum v2.03 and earlier allows local users to discover cleartext login information relating to users by reading the local .dat configuration files.
- CVE-2021-34700MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-07-22
A vulnerability in the CLI interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying file system of an affected system. This vulnerability exists because access to sen…
- CVE-2021-22781MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-07-14
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure…
- CVE-2019-25030MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-05-26
In Versa Director, Versa Analytics and VOS, Passwords are not hashed using an adaptive cryptographic hash function or key derivation function prior to storage. Popular hashing algorithms based on the Merkle-Damgardconstruction (such as MD5…
- CVE-2021-1731MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-02-25
PFX Encryption Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-14391MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-02-08
A flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This f…
- CVE-2020-10375MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-02-05
An issue was discovered in New Media Smarty before 9.10. Passwords are stored in the database in an obfuscated format that can be easily reversed. The file data.mdb contains these obfuscated passwords in the second column. NOTE: this is un…
- CVE-2020-10538MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-02-05
An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, …
- CVE-2021-1126MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-01-13
A vulnerability in the storage of proxy server credentials of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to view credentials for a configured proxy server. The vulnerability is due to clear-text st…
- CVE-2021-21614MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-01-13
Jenkins Bumblebee HP ALM Plugin 4.1.5 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- CVE-2021-21612MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-01-13
Jenkins TraceTronic ECU-TEST Plugin 2.23.1 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- CVE-2020-28390MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-01-12
A vulnerability has been identified in Opcenter Execution Core (V8.2), Opcenter Execution Core (V8.3). The application contains an information leakage vulnerability in the handling of web client sessions. A local attacker who has access to…
- CVE-2019-14477MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-12-16
AdRem NetCrunch 10.6.0.4587 has Improper Credential Storage since the internal user database is readable by low-privileged users and passwords in the database are weakly encoded or encrypted.
- CVE-2020-27557MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-11-17
Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in BASETech GE-131 BT-1837836 firmware 20180921 allows local users to gain access to the video streaming username and password via SQLite files containing plain text credentials.
- CVE-2020-12316MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-11-12
Insufficiently protected credentials in the Intel(R) EMA before version 1.3.3 may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- CVE-2020-4568MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-11-10
IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, and 4.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 184157.
- CVE-2020-2314MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-11-04
Jenkins AppSpider Plugin 1.0.12 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- CVE-2020-7945MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-09-18
Local registry credentials were included directly in the CD4PE deployment definition, which could expose these credentials to users who should not have access to them. This is resolved in Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise 4.0.1.
- CVE-2020-15024MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-09-10
An issue was discovered in the Login Password feature of the Password Manager component in Avast Antivirus 20.1.5069.562. An entered password continues to be stored in Windows main memory after a logout, and after a Lock Vault operation.
- CVE-2020-16280MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-08-20
Multiple Rangee GmbH RangeeOS 8.0.4 modules store credentials in plaintext including credentials of users for several external facing administrative services, domain joined users, and local administrators. To exploit the vulnerability a lo…
- CVE-2020-9403MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-08-11
In PACTware before 4.1 SP6 and 5.x before 5.0.5.31, passwords are stored in a recoverable format, and may be retrieved by any user with access to the PACTware workstation.
- CVE-2020-10727MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-06-26
A flaw was found in ActiveMQ Artemis management API from version 2.7.0 up until 2.12.0, where a user inadvertently stores passwords in plaintext in the Artemis shadow file (etc/artemis-users.properties file) when executing the `resetUsers`…
- CVE-2020-7030MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-06-04
A sensitive information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in the web interface component of IP Office that may potentially allow a local user to gain unauthorized access to the component. Affected versions of IP Office include: 9.x, …
- CVE-2020-12680MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-05-08
Avira Free Antivirus through 15.0.2005.1866 allows local users to discover user credentials. The functions of the executable file Avira.PWM.NativeMessaging.exe are aimed at collecting credentials stored in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge.…
- CVE-2019-4668MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-04-23
IBM UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) 7.0.4.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 171250.
- CVE-2020-5721MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-04-15
MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Passwo…
- CVE-2020-5263MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-04-09
auth0.js (NPM package auth0-js) greater than version 8.0.0 and before version 9.12.3 has a vulnerability. In the case of an (authentication) error, the error object returned by the library contains the original request of the user, which m…
- CVE-2019-11686MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-03-10
Western Digital SanDisk X300, X300s, X400, and X600 devices: A vulnerability in the wear-leveling algorithm of the drive may cause cryptographically sensitive parameters (such as data encryption keys) to remain on the drive media after the…
- CVE-2020-2145MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-03-09
Jenkins Zephyr Enterprise Test Management Plugin 1.9.1 and earlier stores its Zephyr password in plain text on the Jenkins master file system.
- CVE-2014-4659MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-02-20
Ansible before 1.5.5 sets 0644 permissions for sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by reading a file that uses the "deb http://user:pass@server:port/" format.
- CVE-2014-4660MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-02-20
Ansible before 1.5.5 constructs filenames containing user and password fields on the basis of deb lines in sources.list, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive credential information in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging …
- CVE-2020-8632MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-02-05
In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.
- CVE-2019-19119MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-02-03
An issue was discovered in PRTG 7.x through 19.4.53. Due to insufficient access control on local registry keys for the Core Server Service, a non-administrative user on the local machine is able to access administrative credentials.
- CVE-2019-19539MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-01-27
An issue was discovered in Idelji Web ViewPoint H01ABO-H01BY and L01ABP-L01ABZ, Web ViewPoint Plus H01AAG-H01AAQ and L01AAH-L01AAR, and Web ViewPoint Enterprise H01-H01AAE and L01-L01AAF. By reading ADB or AADB file content within the Inst…
- CVE-2019-19696MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-01-18
A RootCA vulnerability found in Trend Micro Password Manager for Windows and macOS exists where the localhost.key of RootCA.crt might be improperly accessed by an unauthorized party and could be used to create malicious self-signed SSL cer…
- CVE-2019-4335MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-12-30
IBM Watson Studio Local 1.2.3 stores key files in the user's home directory which could be obtained by another local user. IBM X-Force ID: 161413.
- CVE-2019-8522MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-12-18
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. An encrypted volume may be unmounted and remounted by a different user without prompting for the password.
- CVE-2019-16572MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-12-17
Jenkins Weibo Plugin 1.0.1 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- CVE-2014-0241MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-12-13
rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman: File /etc/hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml world readable
- CVE-2012-5527MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-11-25
Claws Mail vCalendar plugin: credentials exposed on interface
- CVE-2019-16543MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-11-21
Jenkins Spira Importer Plugin 3.2.2 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- CVE-2010-4178MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-11-06
MySQL-GUI-tools (mysql-administrator) leaks passwords into process list after with launch of mysql text console
- CVE-2013-4423MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-11-04
CloudForms stores user passwords in recoverable format
- CVE-2019-4307MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-10-29
IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 4.0 stores user credentials in plain in clear text which can be read by a local user. IBM X-Force ID: 160987.
- CVE-2019-10429MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-09-25
Jenkins GitLab Logo Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
- CVE-2019-10426MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-09-25
Jenkins Gem Publisher Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.
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