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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVE-2021-27935

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in AdGuard before 0.105.2. An attacker able to get the user's cookie is able to bruteforce their password offline, because the hash of the password is stored in the cookie.

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

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published