CVE-2008-0174

CRITICAL

GE Proficy Real-Time Information Portal < 2.6 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information via HTTP Basic Authentication

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0196
EPSS Percentile 77.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-312
Status published
Products (1)
ge/proficy_real-time_information_portal < 2.6
Published Jan 29, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026