CVE-2021-45491 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-45491 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-45491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45491 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-2021-45491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45491/index.md)
3CX System stores passwords in cleartext, allowing attackers with database access to read sensitive credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-45491?
CVE-2021-45491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include 3cx 3cx.
How do I fix CVE-2021-45491?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-45491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf72-j4p7-qjv2.