CVE-2011-5204

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Published 2012-10-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.9

Description

Akiva WebBoard 8.x stores passwords in plaintext, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading from the database.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18293 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

Alexander Fuchs · 2011-12-30

Akiva WebBoard 8.x - SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Akiva Webboard 8.x SQL Injection + Plaintext Passwords 
in Profiles.
# Google Dork: " /Powered by WebBoard 8"/
# Date: 30.12.2011
# Author: Alexander Fuchs
# Software Link: http://www.akiva.com/default.asp?l=1&id=8
# Version: 8.x
# Tested on: Windows, Linux.
# CVE :  Nope.

It is possible to login as administrator with admin'-- as username and 
password.
You can now go in the  admin profil to look at the password which is in  
plaintext in html.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
akiva	webboard	`8.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.