CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-9557

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Jun 12, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 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
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register.ghp in EFS Software Easy Chat Server versions 2.0 to 3.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords by sending the username parameter in conjunction with an empty password parameter, and reading the HTML source code of the response.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Easy_chat_serverEchatserver2.0 (including)3.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References