Description

Plaintext storage of a password vulnerability in Menulux Software Inc. Menulux Portal allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Menulux Portal: before 20260903211448.

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{
  "score": "7.1",
  "pubDate": "2026-09-04T12:17:18.323Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-09-04T12:17:18.323Z",
  "executiveSummary": "Menulux Portal contains a critical security flaw involving the storage of passwords in plaintext format.\nThis vulnerability is classified as an improper storage of credentials, which undermines the confidentiality of user authentication data.\nThe affected product is Menulux Portal, specifically all versions released prior to 20260903211448.\nThe risk implication is severe, as the compromise of the underlying data store, database backups, or application logs would grant an attacker immediate access to cleartext credentials.\nThis eliminates the need for computational-intensive brute-force or dictionary attacks that are typically required when credentials are obfuscated via salted cryptographic hashing algorithms.\nThe vulnerability requires an attacker to possess existing unauthorized access to the application's backend infrastructure, file system, or database management interface to retrieve the sensitive data.\nOnce the plaintext passwords are obtained, an attacker can perform credential stuffing attacks across other services or elevate privileges within the Menulux ecosystem.\nOrganizations using Menulux Portal should prioritize updating to the version 20260903211448 or later to ensure proper cryptographic protection of authentication secrets.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability resides within the credential management subsystem of the Menulux Portal application, which fails to apply industry-standard cryptographic hashing transformations to user passwords before committing them to persistent storage.\nRoot cause analysis indicates that the application logic treats password strings as raw data rather than sensitive entities requiring one-way transformation functions, such as Argon2, bcrypt, or scrypt.\nBy neglecting to store passwords in a hashed and salted format, the application leaves authentication secrets exposed to any entity capable of querying the application database or accessing server-side log files.\nThe exploitation flow typically begins with an attacker gaining an initial foothold on the server hosting the Menulux Portal, or gaining unauthorized access to the database layer (e.g., via SQL injection, misconfigured backup exposure, or lateral movement).\nOnce the attacker has access to the user identity table within the database schema, they can perform a simple SELECT query to retrieve the username and corresponding plaintext password fields.\nBecause the credentials are not obfuscated, there is no requirement for the attacker to perform reverse-engineering of hashing algorithms or utilize GPU-accelerated cracking tools to uncover user passwords.\nThe attack vector is limited to environments where the attacker can interact with the backend storage or intercept read-only access to the application data, representing a significant failure in secure data handling practices.\nAffected versions include all Menulux Portal builds deployed prior to the patch identifier 20260903211448.\nPost-exploitation impact is catastrophic, as the leakage of plaintext passwords allows for unauthorized account takeover, unauthorized access to administrative functions, and the potential for a cascading failure if users have practiced password reuse across multiple external platforms.\nThe lack of salt and hashing in this context violates basic security principles as defined by OWASP guidelines, which mandate that all passwords must be stored using a cryptographically strong, slow, and salted hash function to prevent credential recovery from storage, even in the event of a full database compromise."
}