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CVE-2021-26833 (GCVE-0-2021-26833)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-06 15:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 20:33
VLAI
Summary
Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk in TimelyBills <= 1.7.0 for iOS and versions <= 1.21.115 for Android allows attacker who can locally read user's files obtain JWT tokens for user's account due to insufficient cache clearing mechanisms. A threat actor can obtain sensitive user data by decoding the tokens as JWT is signed and encoded, not encrypted.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2021-04-05 00:00
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