CVE-2024-3543: progress software corporation loadmaster

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-3543 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in progress software corporation loadmaster. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-05-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use of reversible password encryption algorithm allows attackers to decrypt passwords.  Sensitive information can be easily unencrypted by the attacker, stolen credentials can be used for arbitrary actions to corrupt the system.

• CWE-257Storing Passwords in a Recoverable FormatThe storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.
• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsThe product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.