CVE-2014-5405 (GCVE-0-2014-5405)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-04-03 10:00
Modified
2025-11-03 18:25
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses a hardcoded cleartext password to control SQL database authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging knowledge of this password.
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