7.5high

CVE-2005-2160

IMail stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in a cookie, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

IMail stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in a cookie, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=112060187204457&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.