CWE-256
Plaintext Storage of a Password
Description
The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (286)
page 13 of 15| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2026-28360 | Med | 0.27 | 5.3 | 0.00 | Mar 2, 2026 | NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to version 0.301.3, shared view passwords were stored in plaintext in the database and compared using direct string equality. This issue has been patched in version 0.301.3. | ||
| CVE-2024-45638 | Med | 0.27 | 4.1 | 0.00 | Mar 14, 2025 | IBM Security QRadar 3.12 EDR stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local privileged user. | ||
| CVE-2024-3082 | Med | 0.27 | 4.2 | 0.00 | Jul 31, 2024 | A “CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password” affecting the administrative account allows an attacker with physical access to the machine to retrieve the password in cleartext unless specific security measures at other layers (e.g., full-disk encryption) have been enabled. | ||
| CVE-2024-4232 | Med | 0.27 | 4.1 | 0.00 | May 14, 2024 | 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 by extracting the… | ||
| CVE-2025-24375 | Med | 0.26 | 5.0 | 0.00 | Apr 9, 2025 | Charmed MySQL K8s operator is a Charmed Operator for running MySQL on Kubernetes. Before revision 221, the method for calling a SQL DDL or python based mysql-shell scripts can leak database users credentials. The method mysql-operator calls mysql-shell application rely on… | ||
| CVE-2021-25358 | Med | 0.26 | 4.0 | 0.00 | Apr 9, 2021 | A vulnerability that stores IMSI values in an improper path prior to SMR APR-2021 Release 1 allows local attackers to access IMSI values without any permission via untrusted applications. | ||
| CVE-2026-55164 | Med | 0.25 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Aug 18, 2026 | 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 listener ran,… | ||
| CVE-2025-5760 | Med | 0.25 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Jun 6, 2025 | The Simple History plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via Detective Mode due to improper sanitization within the append_debug_info_to_context() function in versions prior to 5.8.1. When Detective Mode is enabled, the plugin’s logger captures the… | ||
| CVE-2023-26204 | Low | 0.24 | 3.7 | 0.00 | Jun 13, 2023 | A plaintext storage of a password vulnerability [CWE-256] in FortiSIEM 6.7 all versions, 6.6 all versions, 6.5 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 6.3 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.3 all versions may allow an attacker able to access user DB… | ||
| CVE-2024-28971 | Low | 0.23 | 3.5 | 0.00 | May 8, 2024 | Dell Update Manager Plugin, versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0, contains a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in Log file. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be… | ||
| CVE-2017-9856 | Low | 0.22 | 3.4 | 0.01 | Aug 5, 2017 | An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. Sniffed passwords from SMAdata2+ communication can be decrypted very easily. The passwords are "encrypted" using a very simple encryption algorithm. This enables an attacker to find the plaintext passwords and… | ||
| CVE-2026-44187 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Jul 22, 2026 | 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 stores the API key… | ||
| CVE-2025-31724 | Med | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.00 | Apr 2, 2025 | Jenkins Cadence vManager Plugin 4.0.0-282.v5096a_c2db_275 and earlier stores Verisium Manager vAPI keys 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. | ||
| CVE-2025-2355 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Mar 17, 2025 | A vulnerability was found in BlackVue App 3.65 on Android and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component API Endpoint Handler. The manipulation of the argument BCS_TOKEN/SECRET_KEY leads to unprotected storage of credentials.… | ||
| CVE-2024-37135 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Jul 31, 2024 | DM5500 5.16.0.0, contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the… | ||
| CVE-2023-2633 | Med | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.00 | May 16, 2023 | Jenkins Code Dx Plugin 3.1.0 and earlier does not mask Code Dx server API keys displayed on the configuration form, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture them. | ||
| CVE-2023-2632 | Med | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.01 | May 16, 2023 | Jenkins Code Dx Plugin 3.1.0 and earlier stores Code Dx server API keys unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system. | ||
| CVE-2020-2249 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Sep 1, 2020 | Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin 5.157.1 and earlier stores a webhook secret unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by attackers with access to the Jenkins controller file system. | ||
| CVE-2020-2239 | Med | 0.21 | 4.3 | 0.01 | Sep 1, 2020 | Jenkins Parameterized Remote Trigger Plugin 3.1.3 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by attackers with access to the Jenkins controller file system. | ||
| CVE-2020-2218 | Low | 0.21 | 3.3 | 0.00 | Jul 2, 2020 | Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin 1.6 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system. |
- risk 0.27cvss 5.3epss 0.00
NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to version 0.301.3, shared view passwords were stored in plaintext in the database and compared using direct string equality. This issue has been patched in version 0.301.3.
- risk 0.27cvss 4.1epss 0.00
IBM Security QRadar 3.12 EDR stores user credentials in plain text which can be read by a local privileged user.
- risk 0.27cvss 4.2epss 0.00
A “CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password” affecting the administrative account allows an attacker with physical access to the machine to retrieve the password in cleartext unless specific security measures at other layers (e.g., full-disk encryption) have been enabled.
- risk 0.27cvss 4.1epss 0.00
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 by extracting the…
- risk 0.26cvss 5.0epss 0.00
Charmed MySQL K8s operator is a Charmed Operator for running MySQL on Kubernetes. Before revision 221, the method for calling a SQL DDL or python based mysql-shell scripts can leak database users credentials. The method mysql-operator calls mysql-shell application rely on…
- risk 0.26cvss 4.0epss 0.00
A vulnerability that stores IMSI values in an improper path prior to SMR APR-2021 Release 1 allows local attackers to access IMSI values without any permission via untrusted applications.
- risk 0.25cvss 4.9epss 0.00
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 listener ran,…
- risk 0.25cvss 4.9epss 0.00
The Simple History plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive data exposure via Detective Mode due to improper sanitization within the append_debug_info_to_context() function in versions prior to 5.8.1. When Detective Mode is enabled, the plugin’s logger captures the…
- risk 0.24cvss 3.7epss 0.00
A plaintext storage of a password vulnerability [CWE-256] in FortiSIEM 6.7 all versions, 6.6 all versions, 6.5 all versions, 6.4 all versions, 6.3 all versions, 6.2 all versions, 6.1 all versions, 5.4 all versions, 5.3 all versions may allow an attacker able to access user DB…
- risk 0.23cvss 3.5epss 0.00
Dell Update Manager Plugin, versions 1.4.0 through 1.5.0, contains a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in Log file. A remote high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be…
- risk 0.22cvss 3.4epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. Sniffed passwords from SMAdata2+ communication can be decrypted very easily. The passwords are "encrypted" using a very simple encryption algorithm. This enables an attacker to find the plaintext passwords and…
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
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 stores the API key…
- risk 0.21cvss 4.3epss 0.00
Jenkins Cadence vManager Plugin 4.0.0-282.v5096a_c2db_275 and earlier stores Verisium Manager vAPI keys 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.
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
A vulnerability was found in BlackVue App 3.65 on Android and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component API Endpoint Handler. The manipulation of the argument BCS_TOKEN/SECRET_KEY leads to unprotected storage of credentials.…
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
DM5500 5.16.0.0, contains an information disclosure vulnerability. A local attacker with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the…
- risk 0.21cvss 4.3epss 0.00
Jenkins Code Dx Plugin 3.1.0 and earlier does not mask Code Dx server API keys displayed on the configuration form, increasing the potential for attackers to observe and capture them.
- risk 0.21cvss 4.3epss 0.01
Jenkins Code Dx Plugin 3.1.0 and earlier stores Code Dx server API keys unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin 5.157.1 and earlier stores a webhook secret unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by attackers with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- risk 0.21cvss 4.3epss 0.01
Jenkins Parameterized Remote Trigger Plugin 3.1.3 and earlier stores a secret unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by attackers with access to the Jenkins controller file system.
- risk 0.21cvss 3.3epss 0.00
Jenkins HP ALM Quality Center Plugin 1.6 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with access to the master file system.