CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-25987

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 06, 2020 | Modified: Oct 07, 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

MonoCMS Blog 1.0 stores hard-coded admin hashes in the log.xml file in the source files for MonoCMS Blog. Hash type is bcrypt and hashcat mode 3200 can be used to crack the hash.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Monocms Monocms 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References