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PHP : Unsafe password storage

Classification

OWASP Top 10 2013
A2-Broken Authentication and Session ManagementA6-Sensitive Data Exposure
OWASP Top 10 2017
A2-Broken AuthenticationA3-Sensitive Data Exposure
OWASP Top 10 2021
A2-Cryptographic FailuresA4-Insecure DesignA7-Identification and Authentication Failures
OWASP MASVS
V2: 2.14.(L2/L2+R)V8: 8.11.(L1+R/L2+R)
OWASP ASVS
Stored CryptographyStored CryptographyAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthenticationAuthentication
PCI DSS 4.0
6.2.48.3.2
HIPAA
§164.312 (a)(2)(iv)
CWE
CWE-319CWE-1028CWE-1032

Overview

The trivial encoding does not provide the required level of password protection.

Storing passwords in unencrypted form is insecure. A developer can use encoding (e.g., base64), but this is not enough to store passwords securely.

References

  1. PHP: base64_decode
  2. CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A2 - Broken Authentication
  3. CWE CATEGORY: OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A6 - Security Misconfiguration
MEDIUM

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See also

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