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

2023-11-2417:23:34

CWE-312

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2023-48707

cleartext storage

sensitive information

codeigniter 4

authentication

authorization

secretkey

database

5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "codeigniter4",
    "product": "shield",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.0.0-beta.8",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]