CVE-2024-6118
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 · uneditedA Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in ebooknote function in Hamastar MeetingHub Paperless Meetings 2021 allows remote attackers to obtain the other users’ credentials and gain access to the product via an XML file.
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 · moderate confidenceThe ebooknote function in Hamastar MeetingHub Paperless Meetings 2021 stores user credentials in plaintext within XML files. Remote attackers can access these XML files to extract plaintext passwords and use them to authenticate as other users, achieving full unauthorized access to the product.
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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= 2021CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm product versionIdentify the installed version of Hamastar MeetingHub Paperless Meetings. Check the application About or version information panel, or look for version indicators in the installation directory.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2021 (version = 2021)
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Verify ebooknote function is enabledCheck whether the ebooknote function/module is present and enabled in the MeetingHub installation. This may be visible in the application admin panel under modules or features, or as a dedicated component in the installation directory.Affected if The ebooknote function exists and is active in the environment
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Locate XML credential storage filesSearch the application directory for XML files that may contain user credential data. Focus on directories associated with the ebooknote function, user data storage, or meeting records.Affected if XML files containing user credentials (usernames, passwords) are found in the application data directories
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Verify plaintext password storageOpen the identified XML files and inspect whether passwords are stored in plaintext (human-readable text) rather than in hashed or encrypted form.Affected if Passwords appear in plaintext within the XML files
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Check XML file accessibilityDetermine if the XML files containing credentials are accessible over the network. Test whether these files can be retrieved via HTTP/HTTPS requests to the web server, or check file system permissions that allow remote or unauthorized access.Affected if The XML files are accessible to remote/network attackers without authentication
The environment is affected if Hamastar MeetingHub Paperless Meetings version 2021 is installed with the ebooknote function enabled and XML files containing plaintext user credentials are accessible to remote attackers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataContact Hamastar for the vendor patch to implement proper password hashing and secure XML file handling. Until a patch is available, restrict network access to the application and monitor for unauthorized access.
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