High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5261
CVE-2018-5261
Description
An issue was discovered in Flexense DiskBoss 8.8.16 and earlier. Due to the usage of plaintext information from the handshake as input for the encryption key used for the encryption of the rest of the session, the server and client disclose sensitive information, such as the authentication credentials, to any man-in-the-middle (MiTM) listener.
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References
1- github.com/bitsadmin/exploits/tree/master/CVE-2018-5261nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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