CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2172

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

EarlyImpact ProductCart uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via a chosen plaintext attack.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can compromise user accounts, gaining unauthorized access to the system and data.

Recommendation

Update ProductCart to the latest version that uses strong password encryption mechanisms, or implement additional security measures such as salting and hashing passwords.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

EarlyImpact ProductCart uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via a chosen plaintext attack.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS