CVE-2005-2428

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 73.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Lotus Domino R5 and R6 WebMail, with "Generate HTML for all fields" enabled, stores sensitive data from names.nsf in hidden form fields, which allows remote attackers to read the HTML source to obtain sensitive information such as (1) the password hash in the HTTPPassword field, (2) the password change date in the HTTPPasswordChangeDate field, (3) the client platform in the ClntPltfrm field, (4) the client machine name in the ClntMachine field, and (5) the client Lotus Domino release in the ClntBld field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2696.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Domino: 5.0, 6.0, 6.5

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16231/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014584
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21212934
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/default_configuration_information_disclosure_lotus_domino.pdf
http://www.osvdb.org/18462
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5FP0E15GLQ.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14389
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21556
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39495/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112240869130356&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16231/

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