CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-44411

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Nov 25, 2022 | Modified: Apr 29, 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
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Web Based Quiz System v1.0 transmits user passwords in plaintext during the authentication process, allowing attackers to obtain users passwords via a bruteforce attack.

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
Web_based_quiz_system Web_based_quiz_system_project 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References