Name: CVE-2022-3206: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-3206, CWE-319, CWE-522, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.00198

The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.5.2 stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encoding method which is easy to decode. This puts the password at risk in case the cookies get leaked.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Content Protector Plugin	—	Update content-protector plugin to version 3.5.5.5.2, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Sep 21, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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