CVE-2021-39342
Published: 29 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-39342 is a medium-severity Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CWE-319) vulnerability in Credova Financial. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 32.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25703
Vulnerability details
The Credova_Financial WordPress plugin discloses a site's associated Credova API account username and password in plaintext via an AJAX action whenever a site user goes to checkout on a page that has the Credova Financing option enabled. This affects versions…
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up to, and including, 1.4.8.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Sensitive values are moved off the primary channel, avoiding cleartext transmission risks associated with that channel.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Role-based training covers secure transmission methods, mitigating cleartext transmission of sensitive data.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
By requiring documented security controls for information exchanges, the control reduces the risk of cleartext transmission of sensitive data.
Mapping transmission actions in data flows helps prevent cleartext transmission of sensitive information.
Settings can enforce secure transmission protocols to prevent cleartext transmission of sensitive data.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.