• Online, Self-Paced

This lab on Plaintext Storage of Passwords assesses the learner’s understanding of how an existing Credentials Management Error in the database
supporting an ecommerce application can be discovered and exploited.

Learning Objectives


After completing this lab, the learner will understand how adversaries can exploit such vulnerabilities to:

  • Obtain passwords that should have been protected by defense in depth measures
  • Compromise a database
  • Expose plaintext and weakly encoded passwords

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Risk Management
  • Software Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.