What is CVE-2021-40846?

CVE-2021-40846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tradingpaints Trading Paints, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-40846?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tradingpaints Trading Paints

CVE-2021-40846

An issue was discovered in Rhinode Trading Paints through 2.0.36. TP Updater.exe uses cleartext HTTP to check, and request, updates. Thus, attackers can man-in-the-middle a victim to download a malicious binary in place of the real update, with no SSL errors or warnings.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tradingpaints Trading_paints
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40846?: CVE-2021-40846 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tradingpaints Trading Paints, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-40846?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.