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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-2172 json

EarlyImpact ProductCart uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via a chos…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2164

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.8%
EPSS 6.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

EarlyImpact ProductCart uses a weak encryption scheme to encrypt passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain the password via a chosen plaintext attack.

Patch / fix

  • netsourcecommerce productcart 2.53

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23702)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23702 ProductCart 1.x/2.x - Weak Cryptography webapps, 2004-02-16
  • earlyimpact.com http://www.earlyimpact.com/productcart/support/updates/ReadMe_ProductCart_Security_Patch_013004.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.