Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-40173. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Social Media Skeleton up to 1.0.4 (Social Network Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly salt passwords leaving user passwords susceptible to cracking should an attacker gain access to hashed passwords. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

The weakness was presented 08/19/2023 as GHSA-rfmv-7m7g-v628. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-40173 since 08/09/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Social Media Skeleton 1.0.5
Patch: 344d798e82d6cc39844962c6d3cb2560f5907848

Timelineinfo

08/09/2023 🔍
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08/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/13/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-rfmv-7m7g-v628
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40173 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40173
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237538

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2023 08:31
Updated: 09/13/2023 15:53
Changes: 08/19/2023 08:31 (51), 09/13/2023 15:53 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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