CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-8774

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

Published: Mar 24, 2025 | Modified: Mar 24, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The SIMPLE.ERP client stores superuser password in a recoverable format, allowing any authenticated SIMPLE.ERP user to escalate privileges to a database administrator.

This issue affect SIMPLE.ERP from 6.20 through 6.30. Only the 6.30 version received a patch 6.30@a03.9, which removed the vulnerability. Versions 6.20 and 6.25 remain unpatched.

Weakness

The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.

Potential Mitigations

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