CVE-2023-40173 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-40173

Unsalted passwords in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

social-media-skeleton
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.0.5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 18th, 2023
Last Modified: October 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-522

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1021 Remote Services
Lateral Movement
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation