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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20243

The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials. More infomration is available in fineract jira issues 726 and 629.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-20243

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2020, 19:15 UTC

The implementation of POST with the username and password in the URL parameters exposed the credentials. More infomration is available in fineract jira issues 726 and 629.

osv:CVE-2018-20243
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20243",
  "method": "structured",
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