Administrator takeover via hard-coded backdoor password
Published Mar 1, 2022 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Authentication bypass in Extensis Portfolio 4.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges with a backdoor password. ManagerUtils.authenticateUser() in portfolio-classes.jar accepts a shared hard-coded password for both the main and administrative portals. Knowledge of an administrator username and the embedded password yields a fully privileged session that can change the administrator password.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Extensis Portfolio 4.0 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges with a backdoor password. ManagerUtils.authenticateUser() in portfolio-classes.jar accepts a shared hard-coded password for both the main and administrative portals. Knowledge of an administrator username and the embedded password yields a fully privileged session that can change the administrator password.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24255
- Published
- Mar 1, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 1, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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