Account compromise via weak password acceptance
Published Jan 2, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
Weak password requirements in Nia RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal 1.0 allow remote authenticated users to set easily guessed passwords. The change_password_teacher.php handler accepts new teacher-account passwords without enforcing sufficient strength, although the exact validation logic is not public. Access to the authenticated password-change function is required; weak credentials reduce the guessing effort needed to access the affected teacher account.
Summary
What happened
Weak password requirements in Nia RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal 1.0 allow remote authenticated users to set easily guessed passwords. The change_password_teacher.php handler accepts new teacher-account passwords without enforcing sufficient strength, although the exact validation logic is not public. Access to the authenticated password-change function is required; weak credentials reduce the guessing effort needed to access the affected teacher account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0188
- Published
- Jan 2, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Nia
- Product
- RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal
- Classifications
- CWE-521, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Engineers Online Portal Web 1.0 weak Password Policy proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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