CVE-2016-5683: Readydesk

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ReadyDesk 9.1 allows local users to determine cleartext SQL Server credentials by reading the SQL_Config.aspx file and decrypting data with a hardcoded key in the ReadyDesk.dll file.

Affected products

Published 2016-08-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.