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Plaintext Storage of a Password

CVE-2020-26079

Severity Medium
Score 4.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain hashes of user passwords on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient protection of user credentials. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in as an administrative user and crafting a call for user information. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain hashes of user passwords on an affected device.

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

CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published