CVE-2022-3206 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.5.2 stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encoding method which is easy to decode. This puts the password at risk in case the cookies get leaked.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Passster Project	Passster

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:passster_project:passster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-403e-a906-94f371ed2a7a

History

Wed, 14 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-14T20:15:49.826Z

Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3206

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.811Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T12:15:10.530

Modified: 2025-05-14T21:15:53.757

Link: CVE-2022-3206

Redhat

No data.

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