Weak Encoding for Password
CVE-2023-22271
Summary
Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker can exploit this in order to decrypt a user's password. The attack complexity is high since a successful exploitation requires to already have in possession this encrypted secret.
- HIGH
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- HIGH
- NONE
CWE-261 - Weak Encoding for Password
Obscuring a password with a trivial encoding does not protect the password.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published