CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1800

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-312

Description

phpRank 1.8 stores the administrative password in plaintext on the server and in the "ap" cookie, which allows remote attackers to retrieve the administrative password.

Affected configurations

• phprank phprank 1.8

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-315 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in a Cookie weakness

References