What is CVE-2019-5723?

CVE-2019-5723 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portier, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2019-5723?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Portier

CVE-2019-5723

An issue was discovered in portier vision 4.4.4.2 and 4.4.4.6. Passwords are stored using reversible encryption rather than as a hash value, and the used Vigenere algorithm is badly outdated. Moreover, the encryption key is static and too short. Due to this, the passwords stored by the application can be easily decrypted.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Portier — versions 4.4.4.2, 4.4.4.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5723?: CVE-2019-5723 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Portier, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2019-5723?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.