CVE-2012-1977

CVE-2012-1977: WellinTech KingSCADA Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Vendor Wellintech

Product KingSCADA

Weakness CWE-311 · Missing encryption

Published May 9, 2012

Last update June 26, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

WellinTech KingSCADA 3.0 uses a cleartext base64 format for storage of passwords in user.db, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2012 CVE published

June 26, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1977 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/311.html