title: Softing Secure Integration Server Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
description: Softing Secure Integration Server V1.22 is vulnerable to authentication bypass via a machine-in-the-middle attack. The default the administration interface is accessible via plaintext HTTP protocol, facilitating the attack. The HTTP request may contain the session cookie in the request, which may be captured for use in authenticating to the server.
problem types: CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
affected:
{
product: Secure Integration Server
vendor: Softing
versions:
status: affected, version: V1.22
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.7
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]
solutions: Softing released new versions to address these vulnerabilities and notified known users of the releases. Users are advised to update to the new versions:
Softing Secure Integration Server V1.30
The latest software packages can be downloaded from the Softing website.
Softing recommends the following mitigations and workarounds:
Change the admin password or create a new user with administrative rights and delete the default admin user.
Configure the Windows firewall to block network requests to IP port 9000.
Disable the HTTP Server in NGINX configuration of the Softing Secure Integration Server, only using the HTTPS server.
For more details on these vulnerabilities and mitigations, users should see SYT-2022-5 on the Softing security website.