NetSaro Enterprise Messenger Server 2.0 stores cleartext console credentials in configuration.xml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file and performing a base64 decoding step.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.