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CVE-2004-2172

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-326

Description

EarlyImpact ProductCart uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via a chosen plaintext attack.

Affected products

• Netsourcecommerce Productcart: before 2.53 — fixed in 2.53

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Netsourcecommerce Productcart 2.53. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0503.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0871.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10898
• http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Feb/1009085.html
• http://www.earlyimpact.com/productcart/support/updates/ReadMe_ProductCart_Security_Patch_013004.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/3979
• http://www.s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20040216.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/354288
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9669
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15231
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0503.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0871.html

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