CVE-2017-6528

HIGH

dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Password Storage

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-6528. PoCs published by Shorebreak Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a vulnerability advisory detailing multiple issues in dnaLIMS, including session hijacking (CVE-2017-6529), directory traversal, and XSS. No exploit code is provided, only descriptions and technical summaries.

Description

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is affected by plaintext password storage (the /home/dna/spool/.pfile file).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Shorebreak Security · textwebappscgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578

This is a vulnerability advisory detailing multiple issues in dnaLIMS, including session hijacking (CVE-2017-6529), directory traversal, and XSS. No exploit code is provided, only descriptions and technical summaries.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: dnaLIMS DNA sequencing web-application
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0344
EPSS Percentile 87.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-522
Status published
Products (1)
dnatools/dnalims 4-2015s13
Published Mar 09, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026