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Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVE-2017-6370

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

TYPO3 7.6.15 sends an http request to an index.php?loginProvider URI in cases with an https Referer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by sniffing the network and reading the userident and username fields.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published