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Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CVE-2019-19889

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Humax Wireless Voice Gateway HGB10R-2 20160817_1855 devices. The attacker can discover admin credentials in the backup file, aka backupsettings.conf.

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