CVE-2008-0174
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal 2.6 and earlier uses HTTP Basic Authentication, which transmits usernames and passwords in base64-encoded cleartext and allows remote attackers to steal the passwords and gain privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-312
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0186)
- Published
- January 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0186 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ge / proficy real-time information portal
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3590(Broken Link)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019273(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://support.gefanuc.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB12459(Broken Link)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180876(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487075/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487244/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30754(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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