Weakness (CWE)
CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password
The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Avoid storing passwords in easily accessible locations.
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Architecture and Design
Consider storing cryptographic hashes of passwords as an alternative to storing in plaintext.
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A programmer might attempt to remedy the password management problem by obscuring the password with an encoding function, such as base 64 encoding, but this effort does not adequately protect the password because the encoding can be detected and decoded easily.
Source: MITRE CWE-256
299 results · Feed
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Medium 6.9
Credentials are stored in plain text in an SQLite database and in the MatchPoint Android app's SharedPreferences
Credentials are stored in plain text in an SQLite database and in the MatchPoint Android app's SharedPreferences. An attacker with access to the device's local data or a backup could retrieve usernames and passwords and use them to gain unauthorized access to…
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Medium 5.5
Plaintext Storage of LDAP Password in Axxon One Shared Configuration
Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) in the SecurityManager shared configuration in AxxonSoft Axxon One before 3.1.0 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker with read access to the configuration directory or to configuration backups to obtain the pa…
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High 7.1
Clear Text Storage of Password in Crypttech's Vatos DLP
Plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in Crypttech Crypto and Informatics Technologies Industry and Trade Inc. Vatos DLP allows Use of Known Domain Credentials. This issue affects Vatos DLP: from 1.1.176 before 1.1.243.
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High 7.1
Cleartext Storage of OAuth Credentials in ServiceNow AI Platform
ServiceNow has remediated an information disclosure vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This vulnerability could cause a user's plaintext password to be persisted in a system table, potentially exposing that password to a user who…
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High 7.4
Autotune: kruize/autotune: kruize/autotune: datasources credential disclosure
A flaw was found in Kruize Autotune. Its REST API ships without an authentication layer, and the endpoints that return datasource configuration — the list-datasources endpoint (GET /datasources) and the datasource-metadata endpoint — serialized datasource obj…
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High 8.2
Plaintext storage of a password in WebCTI
WebCTI service for Slican IPx telephone exchanges stores temporary subscriber password in plaintext. An attacker with access to the database can obtain the user's password and log in to the subscriber's account. This issue was fixed in IPx series version 6.62…
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Medium 5.5
Dell Command | Configure (DCC), versions prior to 5.2.3.35, contain a Plaintext Storage of Password vulnerability. A lo…
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High 8.7
Plane: Plaintext logging of API token
Plane is an open-source project management tool. Prior to 1.4.0, aPITokenLogMiddleware logs API keys in plaintext. This allows someone with low privileges to steal user API keys and further escalate their privileges. This issue is fixed in 1.4.0.
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High 7.5
IBM Guardium Data Protection is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
IBM Guardium Data Protection 12.2 stores internal REST service-account passwords in a reversible plaintext-equivalent format. An authenticated attacker who gains access to the stored credential could recover the password and obtain an administrative REST acce…
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High 7.4
Security Advisory 0168
On affected platforms running Arista EOS with OpenConfig-related services (i.e., gNMI, gNSI, RESTCONF and NETCONF), sensitive requests and responses may be unintentionally logged. These may be stored on the local EOS device or recorded on remote accounting se…
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Critical 9.1
motionEye: Authentication possible via password hash
motionEye (mEye) is an online interface for a piece of software called "motion," which is a video surveillance program with motion detection. Prior to 0.44.0, motionEye accepts the client-controlled meye_username and meye_password_hash cookies as authenticati…
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Medium 4.2
Plaintext storage of a password issue exists in CONPROSYS nano Series . If this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker…
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High 7.1
Plaintext Storage of User Credentials in Menulux Software's Menulux Portal
Plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in Menulux Software Inc. Menulux Portal allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Menulux Portal: before 20260903211448.
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Medium 6.9
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Credentials in OptimiDoc Server (On-Premise)
OptimiDoc Server (On-Premise) stores credentials for external services in cleartext. An authenticated administrator can view previously configured service passwords, including SMTP, FTP (for scan delivery), Active Directory (for user list import), and SharePo…
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High 8.2
HDD Password Stored In Plaintext
HDD password plaintext is stored in a UEFI variable.
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High 7.5
rust-iot-platform Cleartext Password Storage via User Model
rust-iot-platform through commit 5df942ab stores user passwords in cleartext without hashing in the user model. Attackers can read API responses from user retrieval and listing routes to obtain plaintext credentials for all accounts.
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High 8.5
CloudNativePG: Cleartext role passwords recorded in pg_stat_statements allow privileged tenant roles to recover the PostgreSQL superuser credential and achieve RCE in the database pod
CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.28.4 and 1.29.2, CloudNativePG embedded cleartext role passwords in `ALTER ROLE` and `CREATE ROLE` statements generated by SetUserPassword in pkg/ma…
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Medium 4.9
Lemur: Plaintext password storage in Lemur user-update path
Lemur manages TLS certificate creation. Prior to 1.9.2, lemur.users.service.update assigned a replacement password directly to users.password, while lemur/users/models.py registered User.hash_password only for the before_insert event. Because no before_update…
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Medium 5.5
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Password Exposure via CLI Argument
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 expose passwords passed via the --password CLI argument in process listings accessible to all system users. Attackers can read process arguments through ps aux or /proc/[pid]/cmdline to retrieve plaintext passwords and ke…
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High 7.1
Plaintext password storage in Streamsoft Business Intelligence
Streamsoft Business Intelligence (BI) stores users' passwords in plaintext form in the database This issue was fixed in version 6.8.0.0, users were also requested to change their password on the first login.
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Medium 6.8
Hard-coded admin credentials in Quick.Cart
Quick.Cart stores hard-coded, plaintext admin credentials in a configuration file. This flaw allows attackers with access to the server file system to retrieve authentication details, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The vendor assessed the likeli…
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Medium 6.5
Weintek cMT3092X Plaintext Storage of a Password
Weintek cMT3092X HMI stores user account passwords in plaintext.
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High 7.5
Plaintext Storage of a Password in Panduit IntraVUE by Pronetiqs
Pronetiqs IntraVUE Versions 3.2.1a14 and prior have a plaintext storage of a password vulnerability that could expose cleartext credentials through the API.
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Low 3.3
Ansible-lightspeed: ansible lightspeed extension for visual studio code: information disclosure of google gemini api key
A flaw was found in the Ansible Lightspeed extension for Visual Studio Code. This vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to the workstation, or malware running with the user's privileges, to read the Google Gemini API key. The extension insecurely…
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High 7.4
Frogman: API tokens stored in plaintext
Frogman provides headless PBX control through MCP and HTTP API. Prior to 1.6.2, Frogman stored API tokens generated by Tools/CreateApiToken.php:33-36 as raw bin2hex(random_bytes(32)) strings in oc_api_tokens, and Frogman.class.php:78 authenticated the X-Frogm…
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Medium 6.8
Insecure password storage in User directory
Credentials of built-in users are insecurely stored in the User directory of PcVue projects, all versions prior to 17.0.0. A local attacker could retrieve users’ credentials. Active Directory accounts are not affected by this vulnerability.
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Medium 4.3
Jenkins FitNesse Plugin stores passwords unencrypted
Jenkins FitNesse Plugin 1.36 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller, where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
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Low 1.9
Steeltoe: OAEP setting silently selects PKCS#1 v1.5 padding
Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. In Steeltoe.Configuration.Encryption 4.0.0 through 4.1.0, configuring `encrypt:rsa:algorithm=OAEP` does not enable OAEP encryption. Du…
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High 7.4
update_disk_psu_baseline.sh requires password in plain text
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Medium 4.1
IBM Security QRadar EDR Software has a vulnerability where user credentials may be stored in plain text, potentially exposing sensitive information.
IBM Security QRadar EDR 3.12 through 3.12.24 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local privileged user.
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Medium 4.6
GNCC GP5 v7.1.76 was discovered to store sensitive wireless network information in plaintext during routine operations …
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High 7.5
Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 Credential Disclosure via networkSetup.htm
Heatmiser Wifi Thermostat 1.7 contains a credential disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve administrative credentials by accessing the networkSetup.htm page. Attackers can request the networkSetup.htm endpoint and extract p…
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High 7.5
Prometheus Azure AD remote write OAuth client secret exposed via config API
Prometheus is an open-source monitoring system and time series database. Prior to versions 3.5.3 and 3.11.3, the client_secret field in the Azure AD remote write OAuth configuration (storage/remote/azuread) was typed as string instead of Secret. Prometheus re…
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Medium 4.8
Plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in ILM Informatique OpenConcerto allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.…
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Medium 6.2
Vulnerabilities found
IBM watsonx.data intelligence 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.0, 5.3.1 stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local user.
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Low 2.7
langflow-ai langflow Flow Using API core.py has_api_terms credentials storage
A weakness has been identified in langflow-ai langflow up to 1.8.3. Impacted is the function remove_api_keys/has_api_terms of the file src/backend/base/langflow/api/utils/core.py of the component Flow Using API. This manipulation causes unprotected storage of…
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Critical 9.3
Plaintext Storage of a Password in Sparx Pro Cloud Server.
Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Sparx Systems Pty Ltd. Sparx Pro Cloud Server. In a setup where OpenID is used as the primary method of authentication to authenticate to Sparx EA, Pro Cloud Server creates local passwords to the users and sto…
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High 8.1
A plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in Synology SSL VPN Client before 1.4.5-0684 allows remote attackers to…
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Critical 9.2
Plaintext storage of a password in OpenPLC_V3
OpenPLC_V3 is vulnerable to a Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability that could allow an attacker to retrieve credentials and access sensitive information.
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High 7.1
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable due to plaintext storage of a password
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7.0.0 through 11.7.1.6 product stores user credentials and other sensitive information in plain text which can be read by a local user.