Insufficiently protected credentials in TestLink - CVE-2020-12273

 

Insufficiently protected credentials in TestLink - CVE-2020-12273

Published: April 27, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34422
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12273
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: testlink.org
Affected software:
TestLink

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

In TestLink 1.9.20, a crafted login.php viewer parameter exposes cleartext credentials.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-12273

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources