CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-0174

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2008-01-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-01-29
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])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-312

Description

GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.

Affected configurations

• ge proficy real-time information portal (<= 2.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

References