CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-20243

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Oct 13, 2020 | Modified: Oct 16, 2020
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

The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials. More infomration is available in fineract jira issues 726 and 629.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fineract Apache 1.0.0 (including) 1.3.0 (including)
Fineract Apache 0.4.0-incubating (including) 0.4.0-incubating (including)
Fineract Apache 0.5.0-incubating (including) 0.5.0-incubating (including)
Fineract Apache 0.6.0-incubating (including) 0.6.0-incubating (including)

Potential Mitigations

References