CVE-2018-18656

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p29

Published

Oct 26, 2018 (Oct 26, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The PureVPN client before 6.1.0 for Windows stores Login Credentials (username and password) in cleartext. The location of such files is %PROGRAMDATA%\purevpn\config\login.conf. Additionally, all local users can read this file.

Vendors: purevpn
Products: purevpn
Weakness: CWE-522
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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