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CVE-2021-45491

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

6.5 Medium

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.92%Unchanged since Mar 28, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

Record
CVE-2021-45491
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-312
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

Record
CVE-2021-45491
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32257 No score

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

Record
EUVD-2021-32257
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hf72-j4p7-qjv2 6.5

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

3CX System through 2022-03-17 stores cleartext passwords in a database.

Record
GHSA-hf72-j4p7-qjv2
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-312
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-45491 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in 3cx, published March 28, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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