CVE-2008-3840

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Crafty Syntax Live Help (CSLH) 2.14.6 and earlier stores passwords in cleartext in a MySQL database, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Craftysyntax Crafty Syntax Live Help: through 2.14.6; 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+60)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4192
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00127-08252008
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495729/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44745
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4192
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00127-08252008
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495729/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44745

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