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Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVE-2018-12710

High
8/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 2.02NA devices. Being local to the network and having only "User" account (which is a low privilege account) access, an attacker can intercept the response from a POST request to obtain "Admin" rights due to the admin password being displayed in XML.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

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