Administrative credential disclosure via unauthenticated XML file
Published Dec 10, 2025 · Updated Dec 10, 2025
Cleartext credential exposure in QiHang Media Web Digital Signage 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to obtain administrator login details. The web server exposes /xml/User/User.xml without authentication, and the file stores administrator account names and passwords in cleartext. No account or user interaction is required; retrieving the file supplies credentials that permit administrative authentication.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext credential exposure in QiHang Media Web Digital Signage 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to obtain administrator login details. The web server exposes /xml/User/User.xml without authentication, and the file stores administrator account names and passwords in cleartext. No account or user interaction is required; retrieving the file supplies credentials that permit administrative authentication.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36896
- Published
- Dec 10, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Guangzhou Hefeng Automation Technology Co., Ltd.
- Product
- QiHang Media Web Digital Signage
- Classifications
- CWE-522, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=3.0.9
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- QiHang Media Web Digital Signage 3.0.9 - Cleartext Credential Disclosureproof of concept · demonstrated
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