PT-2018-13819 · Squash · Squash Tm

Guillaume Quéré · Published 2018-09-13 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-16987

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Squash TM versions prior to 1.18.0

Description The issue presents cleartext passwords of external services in the administration panel. This is demonstrated by the presence of a ta-server-password field in the HTML source code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.18.0, update to version 1.18.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the administration panel to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-522

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16987

Affected Products

Squash Tm

References · 4

• 🔥 https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/13/1 · Exploit
• https://ci.squashtest.org/mantis/view.php?id=7553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16987 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16987 · Security Note