# CVE-2005-2428: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can read sensitive password hashes and client data from hidden HTML fields in Lotus Domino WebMail when specific settings are enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wj9f-4cpj-jvg9

## What is CVE-2005-2428?

CVE-2005-2428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 3 Aug 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail, with "Generate HTML for all fields" enabled, stores sensitive data from names.nsf in hidden form fields, which allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information such as (1) the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, (2) the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, (3) the client platform in the ClntPltfrm field, (4) the client machine name in the ClntMachine field, and (5) the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2428?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Domino.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2428?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2428 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2428 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2428 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IBM Lotus Domino <= R8 Password Hash Extraction Exploit (github_poc): https://github.com/schwankner/CVE-2005-2428-IBM-Lotus-Domino-R8-Password-Hash-Extraction-Exploit
- Lotus Domino R6 Webmail - Remote Password Hash Dumper (exploitdb)
- IBM Lotus Domino R8 - Password Hash Extraction (exploitdb)
- Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail - Information Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2005/CVE-2005-2428.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Domino

- [CVE-2011-1519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0913/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0914/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0915/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0916/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2428 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 3 Aug 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2428 exists.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Domino. 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-2005-2428/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2428/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2428
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2428
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2428

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