Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in codeigniter4/shield
CVE-2023-48707

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

codeigniter4

Status
shield
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-48707?

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.

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Affected Version(s)

shield < 1.0.0-beta.8

References

https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/security/advisorie...
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https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/commit/f77c6ae2027...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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