# CVE-2014-2212: The remember me feature in portal/scr\_authentif.php in POSH (aka Posh portal or Portaneo) 3.0, 3.2.1, 3.3.0, and earlier stores the username

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The remember me feature in portal/scr_authentif.php in POSH (aka Posh portal or Portaneo) 3.0, 3.2.1, 3.3.0, and earlier stores the username and MD5 digest of the password in cleartext in a cookie, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this cookie.

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## References

- http://www.sysdream.com/CVE-2014-2211_2214
- http://www.sysdream.com/system/files/POSH-3.2.1-advisory_0.pdf
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/444

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