CVE-2022-3206 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-10-17

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Passster

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.5.5.5.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:passster_project:passster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42623	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-403e-a906-94f371ed2a7a

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00075}`	epss `{'score': 0.00094}`

Wed, 14 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Passster Project Passster

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-14T20:15:49.826Z

Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3206

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.811Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T12:15:10.530

Modified: 2025-05-14T21:15:53.757

Link: CVE-2022-3206

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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