CVE-2009-2951: Phenotype-CMS Phenotype CMS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Phenotype CMS before 2.9 does not use a random salt value for password encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords.

Affected products

• Phenotype-CMS Phenotype CMS: up to and including 2.8; version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.3 only; …

Published 2009-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.