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
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High 8.0CVE-2024-44815 Public exploit
Vulnerability in Hathway Skyworth Router CM5100 v.4.1.1.24 allows a physically proximate attacker to obtain user creden…
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Medium 5.4CVE-2024-4232 Public exploit
Password Storage in Plaintext Vulnerability in Digisol Router
This vulnerability exists in Digisol Router (DG-GR1321: Hardware version 3.7L; Firmware version : v3.2.02) due to lack of encryption or hashing in storing of passwords within the router's firmware/ database. An attacker with physical access could exploit this…