# CVE-2018-11634: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can read cleartext passwords from the database file, potentially leading to administrative account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j3f-fv4w-h45m

## What is CVE-2018-11634?

CVE-2018-11634 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Plaintext Storage of Passwords in the administrative console in Dialogic PowerMedia XMS before 3.5 SU2 allows local users to access the web application's user passwords in cleartext by reading /var/www/xms/xmsdb/default.db.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11634?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dialogic Powermedia Xms.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-11635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11635/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11641/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11640/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2018-11636](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11636/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11643/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11634 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11634 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2018-11634/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11634/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11634
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11634
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11634

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11634/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.