# CVE-2016-5810: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can obtain sensitive password information from Advantech WebAccess, exposing credentials to privileged users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3h8w-7jg4-hcrw

## What is CVE-2016-5810?

CVE-2016-5810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 2 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

upAdminPg.asp in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1_20160519 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive password information via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5810?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Advantech Webaccess.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-5810?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5810 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-5810 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-5810 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Advantech WebAccess 8.1 Post Authentication Credential Collector (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Advantech Webaccess

- [CVE-2014-9208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9208/): Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitra (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2021-33023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33023/): Advantech WebAccess (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-38389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38389/): Advantech WebAccess (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-38408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38408/): Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-12019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12019/): Memory corruption in WebAccess Node (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5810 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-5810 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 2 May 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-5810 exists.

Affected product: Advantech Webaccess. 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-2016-5810/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5810/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5810
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5810
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5810

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