A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Constructr CMS (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component MySQL Database. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Constructr CMS 3.02.5 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the hash column.

The weakness was shared 01/05/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5847 since 01/05/2009. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by fuzion and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (7529). The entries 45788 and 45787 are related to this item.

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• Content Management System

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• Constructr

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• CMS

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• 3.00.0
• 3.00.1
• 3.00.2
• 3.01.0
• 3.01.1
• 3.01.2
• 3.01.3
• 3.01.4
• 3.01.5
• 3.01.6
• 3.01.7
• 3.01.8
• 3.01.9
• 3.02.0
• 3.02.1
• 3.02.2
• 3.02.3
• 3.02.4
• 3.02.5

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