{"id":"CVE-2016-6531","aliases":["EUVD-2016-7452","GHSA-7j86-635w-m5fj"],"status":"disputed","title":"** DISPUTED ** Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows...","description":"Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the \"vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.02489,"percentile":0.84743,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-255"],"published":"2016-09-24T10:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:19Z","products":[{"vendor":"opendental","product":"opendental"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619767","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT-VN","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92780","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/GWAN-ACVSBM","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6531"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j86-635w-m5fj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6531","description":"Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the \"vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.","status":"disputed","published":"2016-09-24T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:36:27.279Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"adp"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:34.815789Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-7452","description":"Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the \"vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.","status":"published","published":"2016-09-24T10:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:36:27Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:36.370031Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7j86-635w-m5fj","title":"** DISPUTED ** Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows...","description":"** DISPUTED ** Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the \"vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.\"","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T03:39:20Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:07:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:43:13.39976Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6531","description":"Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the \"vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.","status":"disputed","published":"2016-09-24T10:59:03.65Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:19.957Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-255"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:29.893676Z"}]}}