JasperSoft JasperReports 4.7 Password Disclosure

`[+] Credits: Joshua Platz aka Binary1985  
[+] CVE ID: CVE-2017-14941  
[+] Website: https://github.com/binary1985  
  
[+] Source:  
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/binary1985/VulnerabilityDisclosure/master/JasperSoft%20JasperReports%20-%204.7%20-%20CVE-2017-14941  
  
Vendor:  
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https://www.jaspersoft.com/  
  
  
Product:  
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JasperSoft JasperReports  
Version 4.7  
  
JasperReports is an open source Java reporting tool that can write to a variety of targets, such as: screen, a printer, into PDF, HTML, Microsoft Excel, RTF, ODT, Comma-separated values or XML files.  
  
  
Vulnerability Type:  
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Cleartext Password Storage  
  
  
Vulnerability Details:  
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JasperReports stores Passwords unencrypted for maintaining the test  
connectivity function of its Data Source Connectors. These credentials  
are retrieved by the system when the editing a Data Source on /jasperserver-pro/flow.html,  
and rendered directly into the HTLM in cleartext.  
  
  
1) Log into JasperReports application. Default superuser/superuser  
  
2) Navigate an existing Data Source connector under View -> Repository  
  
3) Select entry and click Edit  
  
4) View the HTLM source code, extracting the database connection string, username, and password from the HTLM form.  
  
Key value name(html form ID's):  
database connection string, username, password(cleartext)  
  
  
Remediation Details:  
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Apply security update issued in patch 4.1.2: ftp://ftp.multitech.com/faxfinder/ffx40/FFx40_version_update.txt  
  
2017-09-14 - Issue Reported to Vendor  
2016-09-14 - Vendor Awknowledged Report, Requested testing of latest version  
2016-09-15 - Validate issue is remdiated in 6.4.0  
Testing Comments: Vender properly loads a -substitute value- into password HTML form. It is unknown at which version this was corrected.  
2016-09-29 - Public Disclsoure  
2017-09-29 - CVE-2017-14941 Issued  
  
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or exploits by the author or elsewhere.  
  
Binary1985  
  
  
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