CVE-2022-3206 - Passster < 3.5.5.5.2 - Insecure Storage of Password

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MEDIUM

Passster < 3.5.5.5.2 - Insecure Storage of Password

Published Oct 17, 2022

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.50%

Description

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.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Passster Default
unaffected
- Version
  0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <3.5.5.5.2

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Passster

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
0	affected	<3.5.5.5.2

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-319

CWE-522

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-403e-a906-94f371ed2a7a
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-403e-a906-94f371ed2a7a		exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner WPScan

Published Oct 17, 2022

Updated May 14, 2025

Reserved Sep 13, 2022

Link CVE-2022-3206

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated May 14, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-3206

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-3206