Passster <= 3.5.5.5.1 - Insecure Password Storage to Sensitive Data Exposure

Inadequate Encryption Strength
CVE CVE-2022-3206
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad
Description

The Passster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 3.5.5.5.1 due to storing base64_encoded passwords in cookies. This could allow attackers to extract sensitive user data if those cookies get leaked. Version 3.5.5.5.1 provides a partial fix.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug content-protector (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.5.5.1
Patched Version
  • 3.5.5.5.2
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