CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1800

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 31, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

phpRank 1.8 stores the administrative password in plaintext on the server and in the ap cookie, which allows remote attackers to retrieve the administrative password.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Phprank Phprank 1.8 (including) 1.8 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References