Passster Plugin prior 3.5.5.5.2 on WordPress Cookie passster inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Passster Plugin on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument passster leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-3206. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Passster Plugin on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument passster with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.5.2 stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encoding method which is easy to decode. This puts the password at risk in case the cookies get leaked.

The weakness was released 10/17/2022. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-3206 since 09/13/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.5.5.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-42623). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Passster Plugin 3.5.5.5.2

Timelineinfo

09/13/2022 🔍
10/17/2022 +34 days 🔍
10/17/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/15/2025 +941 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3206 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3206
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211061
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2022 16:44
Updated: 05/15/2025 15:52
Changes: 10/17/2022 16:44 (41), 11/09/2022 19:44 (11), 05/15/2025 02:17 (15), 05/15/2025 15:52 (1)
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