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CVE-2005-3429
Rockliffe MailSite Express before 6.1.22, with the option to save login information enabled, saves user passwords in plaintext in cookies,…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Rockliffe MailSite Express before 6.1.22, with the option to save login information enabled, saves user passwords in plaintext in cookies, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the cookie file, or remote attackers to obtain the cookies via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20051028 Multiple vulnerabilities within RockLiffe MailSite Express WebMail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- mailsiteexpress-cookie-plaintext-password(22906) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.security-assessment.com/Advisories/Rockliffe_Express_Webmail_Vulnerabilities.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20051028 Multiple vulnerabilities within RockLiffe MailSite Express WebMail (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3428 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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