CVE-2024-36497: Unhashed Storage of Password

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

The decrypted configuration file contains the password in cleartext which is used to configure WINSelect. It can be used to remove the existing restrictions and disable WINSelect entirely.

Affected products

Faronics Winselect: before 8.30.xx.903 — fixed in 8.30.xx.903

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Faronics Winselect 8.30.xx.903. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12
https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect
https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12
https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect
https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes

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