CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1481

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2001-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-312

Description

Xitami 2.4 through 2.5 b4 stores the Administrator password in plaintext in the default.aut file, whose default permissions are world-readable, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected configurations

• xitami xitami (>= 2.4 <= 2.5) • xitami xitami 2.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness
  • CWE-313 Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk weakness

References