CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12710

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Aug 29, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.7 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 2.02NA devices. Being local to the network and having only User account (which is a low privilege account) access, an attacker can intercept the response from a POST request to obtain Admin rights due to the admin password being displayed in XML.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Dir-601_firmware Dlink 2.02na (including) 2.02na (including)

Potential Mitigations

References