Crystal Reports, when displaying data for a password protected database using HTML pages, embeds the username and password in cleartext in the HTML page and the URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1464 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.58% | 0.69% | +0.12% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.69% | 0.58% | -0.12% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.69% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| businessobjects | crystal_reports | — | cpe:2.3:a:businessobjects:crystal_reports:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403307 | Exploit Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7928 |