CVE-2023-48707 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-48707

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in codeigniter4/shield

5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The `secretKey` value is an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication and in affected versions was stored in the database in cleartext form. If a malicious person somehow had access to the data in the database, they could use the key and secretKey for HMAC SHA256 authentication to send requests impersonating that corresponding user. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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.

References

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Affected Vendor

codeigniter4

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Affected Software

shield

Vulnerable Versions:

< 1.0.0-beta.8

Timeline

Official Publish: November 24th, 2023

Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1005 Data from Local System

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1530 Data from Cloud Storage

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel