# CVE-2005-3429: Rockliffe MailSite Express before 6.1.22, with the option to save login information enabled, saves user passwords in plaintext in cookies, w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Rockliffe MailSite Express before 6.1.22, with the option to save login information enabled, saves user passwords in plaintext in cookies, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the cookie file, or remote attackers to obtain the cookies via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0578.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22906
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015117
- http://www.security-assessment.com/Advisories/Rockliffe_Express_Webmail_Vulnerabilities.pdf
- http://www.osvdb.org/22682
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113053680631151&w=2

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