Cogent DataHub Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
Cogent DataHub before 7.3.5 does not use a salt during password hashing, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.
- Published
- May 30, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 51th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-916
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Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.0
- CNA · icscert
- 6.0
- 1.0 point gap
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| cogentdatahub | cogent datahub | cpe:2.3:a:cogentdatahub:cogent_datahub |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- cogentdatahub cogent datahubup to 7.3.4 inclusive
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.0
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.0.2
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.1.0
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.1.1
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.1.1.63
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.1.2
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.2.2
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.3.0
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.3.1
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.3.2
- cogentdatahub cogent datahub7.3.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Cogent DataHub
- before 7.3.5affected
Same product
cogentdatahub: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2011-3493Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the DH_OneSecondTick function in Cogent DataHub 7.1.1.63 and earlier allow remote attackers to caus42Plan
- CVE-2013-0680Stack-based buffer overflow in the web server in Cogent Real-Time Systems Cogent DataHub before 7.3.0, OPC DataHub before 6.4.22, Cascade Da36Monitor
- CVE-2016-2288Cogent DataHub before 7.3.10 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the user or guest role to modify a file.31Monitor
- CVE-2014-3788Heap-based buffer overflow in the Web Server in Cogent Real-Time Systems Cogent DataHub before 7.3.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbi31Monitor
- CVE-2013-0682Cogent Real-Time Systems Cogent DataHub before 7.3.0, OPC DataHub before 6.4.22, Cascade DataHub before 6.4.22 on Windows, and DataHub Quick31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Alain Homewoodfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-916 · Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- cogentdatahub.com/Download_Software.html
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-149-02
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-149-02
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.