Password ManagerApplication · Uniqkey

CVE-2019-10884

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-04-05
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Uniqkey Password Manager 1.14 contains a vulnerability because it fails to recognize the difference between domains and sub-domains. The vulnerability means that passwords saved for example.com will be recommended for usersite.example.com. This could lead to successful phishing campaigns and create a sense of false security.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Uniqkey Password Manager 1.14 has a domain/sub-domain confusion vulnerability in its credential autofill logic. The application uses incorrect domain matching that treats sub-domains as equivalent to their parent domains, causing credentials saved for example.com to be automatically offered for usersite.example.com, enabling phishing attacks.

MitigationThe vendor should implement proper domain boundary validation using Public Suffix List (PSL) or equivalent domain parsing to ensure credentials are only autofilled for exact domain matches or appropriately scoped sub-domains.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Password ManagerApplication
Affected:= 1.14

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Verify Uniqkey Password Manager is installed
    Check for the presence of Uniqkey Password Manager application on the system using system inventory tools, browser extension managers, or installed programs lists
    Affected if Uniqkey Password Manager is not installed, the vulnerability does not apply
  2. Confirm the installed version is 1.14
    Locate the application version information through the application's about dialog, add-ons manager, or system program details, then compare against the affected version = 1.14
    Affected if The installed version is not exactly 1.14, this specific CVE does not apply
  3. Determine if credential autofill is enabled
    Access the Uniqkey Password Manager settings and check whether the autofill or auto-login feature for web forms is turned on
    Affected if Autofill is disabled, the vulnerable domain matching logic is not triggered during normal use
  4. Inspect the autofill domain matching behavior
    Create a test credential for a parent domain such as example.com, then attempt to log in on a subdomain like usersite.example.com and observe whether Uniqkey offers to fill credentials from the parent domain
    Affected if Credentials saved for the parent domain are offered for a subdomain, the vulnerable subdomain confusion behavior is present

A system is affected by this CVE only if Uniqkey Password Manager version 1.14 is installed, autofill is enabled, and the application incorrectly autofills credentials across domain boundaries to subdomains.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

The vendor should implement proper domain boundary validation using Public Suffix List (PSL) or equivalent domain parsing to ensure credentials are only autofilled for exact domain matches or appropriately scoped sub-domains.

Fix this in Password Manager Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
24.0 hours of engineering $4,160
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