WebCTRL: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
CVE-2025-14295 is a high-severity storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability in WebCTRL from Automated Logic, with a CVSS 4.0 base score of 7.0 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected WebCTRL versions: 6.0 through 9.0. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of WebCTRL you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Logic | WebCTRL | 6.0 through 9.0 | Not stated |
| Carrier | i-Vu | 6.0 through 9.0 | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- HighSuccess depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
- Attack requirements
- PresentThe target must be in a specific state or configuration for the attack to work.
- Privileges required
- NoneNo account or login is needed.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
- HighSerious loss of confidentiality on the vulnerable system.
- Integrity (vulnerable system)
- LowLimited loss of integrity on the vulnerable system.
- Availability (vulnerable system)
- NoneNo loss of availability on the vulnerable system.
- Confidentiality (other systems)
- HighSerious loss of confidentiality on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
- Integrity (other systems)
- NoneNo loss of integrity on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
- Availability (other systems)
- NoneNo loss of availability on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. Scored by CNA (carrier.com).
Official description
Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerability in Automated Logic WebCTRL on Windows, Carrier i-Vu on Windows. Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerability (CWE-257) in the Web session management component allows an attacker to access stored passwords in a recoverable format which makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users.This issue affects WebCTRL: from 6.0 through 9.0; i-Vu: from 6.0 through 9.0.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Use strong, non-reversible encryption to protect stored passwords.
More Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerabilities (CWE-257)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: partial).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Other references
Other vulnerabilities in WebCTRL
- 8.8 High severity
- 9.2 Critical severity
- 8.6 High severity
Recent Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format vulnerabilities
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- 8.5 High severity
- 8.4 High severity
- 8.4 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 7.7 High severity
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