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CVE-2026-4638

Plaintext Password Disclosure via VBScript Sensor Error Message in Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

PRTG Network Monitor before version 26.2.120.1449 ships a demo EXE/Script sensor that multiplies two integer parameters using cscript.exe. If a non-numeric value is passed instead, cscript.exe raises a 'Type mismatch' runtime error that includes the offending parameter value in plaintext. PRTG provides a documented placeholder variable, %windowspassword, which resolves to the configured Windows/domain password used by PRTG and can be passed as a sensor parameter. 




Any PRTG user who is not restricted to read-only access and is permitted to create sensors (the default for non-read-only users) can pass %windowspassword as an argument to the demo VBScript sensor, triggering the type-mismatch error and causing PRTG to display the plaintext password in the sensor's error output.
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HerstellerPaessler GmbH
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Produkt PRTG Network Monitor
Default Statusunaffected
Version 0
Version < 26.2.120.1449
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.27% 0.169
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf 7.1 0 0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.

https://paessler.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/76000088640
https://www.paessler.com/de/download/
https://www.paessler.com/prtg/prtg-network-monitor
https://r.sec-consult.com/paessler