VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-9615
Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Password exposure in Cognito Software Moneyworks 8.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to gain administrator access to all data, because verbose logging writes the administrator password to a world-readable file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532, CWE-732
- Affected
- cognito/moneyworks
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cognito.co.nz/mwcommunity/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3542Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/ari/e0dd74c12d84f102e3bcb365118e8c30Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://cognito.co.nz/mwcommunity/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3542Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/ari/e0dd74c12d84f102e3bcb365118e8c30Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.