CVE-2009-2951 describes a vulnerability in Phenotype CMS prior to version 2.9, where the system fails to use a random salt for password encryption. This flaw allows attackers to more easily determine cleartext passwords, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phenotype-cms:phenotype_cms:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.