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CVE-2020-13473

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Dec 28, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13473
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html

NCH Express Accounts 8.24 and earlier allows local users to discover the cleartext password by reading the configuration file.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Express_accountsNchsoftware*8.24 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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