CWE-522
Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Description
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-102 · CAPEC-474 · CAPEC-50 · CAPEC-509 · CAPEC-551 · CAPEC-555 · CAPEC-560 · CAPEC-561 · CAPEC-600 · CAPEC-644 · CAPEC-645 · CAPEC-652 · CAPEC-653
CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,463)
page 18 of 74| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-9525 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.02 | Aug 10, 2020 | CS2 Network P2P through 3.x, as used in millions of Internet of Things devices, suffers from an authentication flaw that allows remote attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, as demonstrated by eavesdropping on user video/audio streams, capturing credentials, and… | ||
| CVE-2020-11681 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Jun 4, 2020 | Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 stores and displays credentials for the associated SMTP server in cleartext. Low privileged users can exploit this to create an administrator user and obtain the SMTP credentials. | ||
| CVE-2012-6663 | Hig | 0.53 | 7.5 | 0.09 | Jan 23, 2020 | General Electric D20ME devices are not properly configured and reveal plaintext passwords. | ||
| CVE-2019-9872 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Jul 3, 2019 | In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating run configurations for cloud application servers leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin was then used and… | ||
| CVE-2017-17691 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Sep 7, 2018 | Homeputer CL Studio fur HomeMatic 4.0 Rel 160808 and earlier uses cleartext to exchange the username and password between server and client instances, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man in the middle attack. | ||
| CVE-2018-1139 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.03 | Aug 22, 2018 | A flaw was found in the way samba before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 allowed the use of weak NTLMv1 authentication even when NTLMv1 was explicitly disabled. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to read the credential and other details passed between the samba server and client. | ||
| CVE-2018-11639 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Jul 3, 2018 | Plaintext Storage of Passwords within Cookies in /var/www/xms/application/controllers/verifyLogin.php in the administrative console in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS before 3.5 SU2 allows remote attackers to access a user's password in cleartext. | ||
| CVE-2018-7698 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Mar 5, 2018 | An issue was discovered in D-Link mydlink+ 3.8.5 build 259 for DCS-933L 1.05.04 and DCS-934L 1.05.04 devices. The mydlink+ app sends the username and password for connected D-Link cameras (such as DCS-933L and DCS-934L) unencrypted from the app to the camera, allowing attackers… | ||
| CVE-2017-14711 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Nov 13, 2017 | The Kickbase GmbH "Kickbase Bundesliga Manager" app before 2.2.1 -- aka kickbase-bundesliga-manager/id678241305 -- for iOS is vulnerable to a credentials leak due to transmitting a username and password in cleartext from client to server during registration and authentication. | ||
| CVE-2017-3760 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Oct 17, 2017 | The Lenovo Service Framework Android application uses a set of nonsecure credentials when performing integrity verification of downloaded applications and/or data. This exposes the application to man-in-the-middle attacks leading to possible remote code execution. | ||
| CVE-2017-14418 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Sep 13, 2017 | The D-Link NPAPI extension, as used in conjunction with D-Link DIR-850L REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices, sends the cleartext admin password over the Internet as part of interaction with mydlink Cloud Services. | ||
| CVE-2017-1337 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.01 | Jul 10, 2017 | IBM WebSphere MQ 9.0.1 and 9.0.2 Java/JMS application can incorrectly transmit user credentials in plain text. IBM X-Force ID: 126245. | ||
| CVE-2026-48039 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Aug 7, 2026 | Meta Ads MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants run Meta Ads. Prior to version 1.0.109, `AuthInjectionMiddleware.dispatch()` at `http_auth_integration.py:272` unconditionally forwards unauthenticated Streamable HTTP requests to downstream MCP tool… | ||
| CVE-2026-8926 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Jul 3, 2026 | When asking curl to use a `.netrc` file to find credentials and at the same time specifying a URL with a username(without a password), like `https://[email protected]/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for *another* user set in the `.netrc` file for that host if such… | ||
| CVE-2026-46440 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Jun 8, 2026 | Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. Prior to version 3.1.2, the checkBasicAuth endpoint validates credentials in plaintext without rate limiting and with direct comparison. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.2. | ||
| CVE-2026-45091 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | May 12, 2026 | sealed-env is a cross-stack, zero-trust secret management library for Node.js and Java/Spring Boot. In sealed-env enterprise mode, versions 0.1.0-alpha.1 through 0.1.0-alpha.3 embedded the operator's literal TOTP secret in the JWS payload of every minted unseal token. JWS… | ||
| CVE-2026-32633 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Mar 18, 2026 | Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to version 4.5.2, in Central Browser mode, the `/api/4/serverslist` endpoint returns raw server objects from `GlancesServersList.get_servers_list()`. Those objects are mutated in-place during background… | ||
| CVE-2025-58130 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.00 | Dec 12, 2025 | Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Apache Fineract. This issue affects Apache Fineract: through 1.11.0. The issue is fixed in version 1.12.1. Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 1.13.0, the latest release. | ||
| CVE-2024-23733 | Hig | 0.52 | 7.5 | 0.02 | Jan 29, 2025 | The /WmAdmin/,/invoke/vm.server/login login page in the Integration Server in Software AG webMethods 10.15.0 before Core_Fix7 allows remote attackers to reach the administration panel and discover hostname and version information by sending an arbitrary username and a blank… | ||
| CVE-2024-46341 | Hig | 0.52 | 8.0 | 0.00 | Dec 10, 2024 | TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to transmit credentials in base64 encoded form, which can be easily decoded by an attacker executing a man-in-the-middle attack. |
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.02
CS2 Network P2P through 3.x, as used in millions of Internet of Things devices, suffers from an authentication flaw that allows remote attackers to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, as demonstrated by eavesdropping on user video/audio streams, capturing credentials, and…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
Castel NextGen DVR v1.0.0 stores and displays credentials for the associated SMTP server in cleartext. Low privileged users can exploit this to create an administrator user and obtain the SMTP credentials.
- risk 0.53cvss 7.5epss 0.09
General Electric D20ME devices are not properly configured and reveal plaintext passwords.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
In several versions of JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, creating run configurations for cloud application servers leads to saving a cleartext unencrypted record of the server credentials in the IDE configuration files. If the Settings Repository plugin was then used and…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
Homeputer CL Studio fur HomeMatic 4.0 Rel 160808 and earlier uses cleartext to exchange the username and password between server and client instances, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man in the middle attack.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.03
A flaw was found in the way samba before 4.7.9 and 4.8.4 allowed the use of weak NTLMv1 authentication even when NTLMv1 was explicitly disabled. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to read the credential and other details passed between the samba server and client.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
Plaintext Storage of Passwords within Cookies in /var/www/xms/application/controllers/verifyLogin.php in the administrative console in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS before 3.5 SU2 allows remote attackers to access a user's password in cleartext.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in D-Link mydlink+ 3.8.5 build 259 for DCS-933L 1.05.04 and DCS-934L 1.05.04 devices. The mydlink+ app sends the username and password for connected D-Link cameras (such as DCS-933L and DCS-934L) unencrypted from the app to the camera, allowing attackers…
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
The Kickbase GmbH "Kickbase Bundesliga Manager" app before 2.2.1 -- aka kickbase-bundesliga-manager/id678241305 -- for iOS is vulnerable to a credentials leak due to transmitting a username and password in cleartext from client to server during registration and authentication.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
The Lenovo Service Framework Android application uses a set of nonsecure credentials when performing integrity verification of downloaded applications and/or data. This exposes the application to man-in-the-middle attacks leading to possible remote code execution.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
The D-Link NPAPI extension, as used in conjunction with D-Link DIR-850L REV. B (with firmware through FW208WWb02) devices, sends the cleartext admin password over the Internet as part of interaction with mydlink Cloud Services.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.01
IBM WebSphere MQ 9.0.1 and 9.0.2 Java/JMS application can incorrectly transmit user credentials in plain text. IBM X-Force ID: 126245.
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
Meta Ads MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants run Meta Ads. Prior to version 1.0.109, `AuthInjectionMiddleware.dispatch()` at `http_auth_integration.py:272` unconditionally forwards unauthenticated Streamable HTTP requests to downstream MCP tool…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
When asking curl to use a `.netrc` file to find credentials and at the same time specifying a URL with a username(without a password), like `https://[email protected]/`, curl could wrongly get and use the password for *another* user set in the `.netrc` file for that host if such…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. Prior to version 3.1.2, the checkBasicAuth endpoint validates credentials in plaintext without rate limiting and with direct comparison. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.2.
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
sealed-env is a cross-stack, zero-trust secret management library for Node.js and Java/Spring Boot. In sealed-env enterprise mode, versions 0.1.0-alpha.1 through 0.1.0-alpha.3 embedded the operator's literal TOTP secret in the JWS payload of every minted unseal token. JWS…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to version 4.5.2, in Central Browser mode, the `/api/4/serverslist` endpoint returns raw server objects from `GlancesServersList.get_servers_list()`. Those objects are mutated in-place during background…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.00
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Apache Fineract. This issue affects Apache Fineract: through 1.11.0. The issue is fixed in version 1.12.1. Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 1.13.0, the latest release.
- risk 0.52cvss 7.5epss 0.02
The /WmAdmin/,/invoke/vm.server/login login page in the Integration Server in Software AG webMethods 10.15.0 before Core_Fix7 allows remote attackers to reach the administration panel and discover hostname and version information by sending an arbitrary username and a blank…
- risk 0.52cvss 8.0epss 0.00
TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to transmit credentials in base64 encoded form, which can be easily decoded by an attacker executing a man-in-the-middle attack.