# CVE-2005-1745: Information disclosure in n/a

> An attacker can obtain plaintext passwords from server logs by triggering failed login attempts in BEA WebLogic Portal.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2j7f-m85p-rvqj

## What is CVE-2005-1745?

CVE-2005-1745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 24 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The UserLogin control in BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 through Service Pack 3 prints the password to standard output when an incorrect login attempt is made, which could make it easier for attackers to guess the correct password.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1745?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Bea Weblogic Server, Oracle Weblogic Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-1745?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1745 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-1745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bea Weblogic Server

- [CVE-2008-3257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3257/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0417/): BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 through 7.0 SP7, 8.1 through 8.1 SP5, 9.0, and 9.1, when using the WebLogic Server 6.1 compatibility realm, allows a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0640/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0098/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0681/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1745 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-1745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bea Weblogic Server, published on 24 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bea Weblogic Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1745/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1745/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1745
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1745
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1745

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