PrismaWEB is susceptible to credential disclosure. The vulnerability exists due to the disclosure of hard-coded credentials allowing an attacker to effectively bypass authentication of PrismaWEB with administrator privileges. The credentials can be disclosed by simply navigating to the login_par.js JavaScript page that holds the username and password for the management interface that are being used via the Login() function in /scripts/functions_cookie.js script.
id: CVE-2018-9161
info:
name: PrismaWEB - Credentials Disclosure
author: gy741
severity: critical
description: PrismaWEB is susceptible to credential disclosure. The vulnerability exists due to the disclosure of hard-coded credentials allowing an attacker to effectively bypass authentication of PrismaWEB with administrator privileges. The credentials can be disclosed by simply navigating to the login_par.js JavaScript page that holds the username and password for the management interface that are being used via the Login() function in /scripts/functions_cookie.js script.
impact: |
An attacker could gain unauthorized access to the application and potentially compromise user accounts and sensitive data.
remediation: |
Ensure that sensitive credentials are properly protected and not exposed in the application's source code or configuration files.
reference:
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5453.php
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9161
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44276/
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2018-9161
cwe-id: CWE-798
epss-score: 0.56707
epss-percentile: 0.99011
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:prismaindustriale:checkweigher_prismaweb:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: prismaindustriale
product: checkweigher_prismaweb
tags: cve2018,cve,prismaweb,exposure,edb,prismaindustriale,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/user/scripts/login_par.js"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- 'txtChkUser'
- 'txtChkPassword'
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a00463044022015b2a3c5891f5249f707b3a5795442f60d1379dd393e7f2b7d9a11447d06a568022008fe138a1d283d3130e3b33c485609c9f3d0934917c4f9f66adf3617da7f55e2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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