CVE-2014-0842

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: none known
Published: 2014-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The account-creation functionality in IBM Rational Focal Point 6.4.x and 6.5.x before 6.5.2.3 and 6.6.x before 6.6.1 places the new user's default password within the creation page, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source code.

Affected products

IBM Rational Focal Point: 6.4, 6.4.0.1, 6.4.1.0, 6.4.1.1, 6.4.1.2, 6.4.1.3 (+11)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21665005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90706
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21665005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90706

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