CWE-317
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI
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Description
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.
An attacker can often obtain data from a GUI, even if hidden, by using an API to directly access GUI objects such as windows and menus. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (1)
| CVE | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2025-14816 | Cri | 0.60 | — | 0.00 | Apr 8, 2026 | Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS versions 11.02 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MC Works64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, and Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS versions 11.02 and prior allows a local attacker to disclose the SQL Server credentials displayed in plain text in the GUI of the Hyper Historian Splitter feature by exploiting this vulnerability, when SQL authentication is used for the SQL Server authentication. As a result, the unauthorized attacker could access the SQL Server and disclose, tamper with, or destroy data on the server, potentially cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the system. |