Cleartext storage of sensitive information in WSO2 Oauth - CVE-2023-30527

 

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in WSO2 Oauth - CVE-2023-30527

Published: April 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75090
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30527
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
WSO2 Oauth

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin stores the WSO2 Oauth client secret unencrypted in the global config.xml file on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration. A local user can gain access to this client secret.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-30527

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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