Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-256

Allowed

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

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The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

193 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2017-16714 (GCVE-0-2017-16714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-06 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:51
VLAI
Summary
In Ice Qube Thermal Management Center versions prior to version 4.13, passwords are stored in plaintext in a file that is accessible without authentication.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-256 - UNPROTECTED STORAGE OF CREDENTIALS CWE-256
Assigner
icscert CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Ice Qube Thermal Management Center Affected: All versions prior to version 4.13
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Date Public
2018-09-06 00:00
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CVE-2017-7913 (GCVE-0-2017-7913)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:19
VLAI
Summary
A Plaintext Storage of a Password issue was discovered in Moxa OnCell G3110-HSPA Version 1.3 build 15082117 and previous versions, OnCell G3110-HSDPA Version 1.2 Build 09123015 and previous versions, OnCell G3150-HSDPA Version 1.4 Build 11051315 and previous versions, OnCell 5104-HSDPA, OnCell 5104-HSPA, and OnCell 5004-HSPA. The application's configuration file contains parameters that represent passwords in plaintext.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Moxa OnCell Affected: Moxa OnCell
Date Public
2017-05-29 00:00
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CVE-2017-6049 (GCVE-0-2017-6049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-02 19:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18
VLAI
Summary
Detcon Sitewatch Gateway, all versions without cellular, an attacker can edit settings on the device using a specially crafted URL.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-256 - PLAINTEXT STORAGE OF A PASSWORD CWE-256
Assigner
icscert CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Detcon Sitewatch Gateway Affected: All versions affected except cellular versions.
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Date Public
2017-05-16 00:00
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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Avoid storing passwords in easily accessible locations.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Consider storing cryptographic hashes of passwords as an alternative to storing in plaintext.

Mitigation

A programmer might attempt to remedy the password management problem by obscuring the password with an encoding function, such as base 64 encoding, but this effort does not adequately protect the password because the encoding can be detected and decoded easily.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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