# CVE-2018-13313: Admin Password returned in password.htm

> An attacker can view the administrator's plaintext password via client-side JavaScript on the password change page, leading to potential account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 24 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqh7-3hwm-3347

## What is CVE-2018-13313?

CVE-2018-13313 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In TOTOLINK A3002RU 1.0.8, the router provides a page that allows the user to change their account name and password. This page, password.htm, contains JavaScript which is used to confirm the user knows their current password before allowing them to change their password. However, this JavaScript contains the current user’s password in plaintext.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13313?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Totolink A3002ru Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-13313?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13313 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-13313 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-34198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34198/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-35491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35491/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19825/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-13306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13306/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-13307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13307/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-13313 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-13313 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13313 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-2018-13313/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-13313/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13313
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13313
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13313

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