VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 performs authentication with a password hash instead of a password, which allows remote attackers

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• vdgsecurity vdg sense2.3.13

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2014-9451Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the DIVA web service API (/webservice) in VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 allow remote at
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• CVE-2014-9575VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) before 2.3.15 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and consequently read and modify arbitrar
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• CVE-2014-9579VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 stores administrator credentials in cleartext, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive informat
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• CVE-2014-9576VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 has a hardcoded password of (1) ArpaRomaWi for the root Postgres account and !DVService for the (2
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• CVE-2014-9452Directory traversal vulnerability in VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..
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• CVE-2014-9577VDG Security SENSE (formerly DIVA) 2.3.13 sends the user database when a user logs in, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain use
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);2
3// Route added later skips the middleware4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

1const admin = express.Router();2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));3
4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.