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01 Record

CVE-2020-5721

MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: tenable
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 31.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-04-15 20:50Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 08:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-01-06
Assigning CNA
tenable
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-260Password in Configuration FileBase
  • CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
32bd49a36539274e91c8cf0fa16d60e3a4b5857de32a57780e82234f8b14e2d9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aMikroTik WinBox3.22 and below—

06 References