Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Magento Open Source - CVE-2019-8118
Published: November 6, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30695
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8118
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Magento Open Source
Magento Open Source
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.19, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 uses weak cryptographic function to store the failed login attempts for customer accounts.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-8118
Install update from vendor's website.