CVE-2022-3206 (GCVE-0-2022-3206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-14 20:15
VLAI?
Summary
The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.5.2 stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encoding method which is easy to decode. This puts the password at risk in case the cookies get leaked.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-40… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Passster Affected: 0 , < 3.5.5.5.2 (custom)
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Credits
Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH WPScan
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