What is CVE-2020-10538?

CVE-2020-10538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epikur, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2020-10538?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Epikur

CVE-2020-10538

An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Epikur
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-916 — Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10538?: CVE-2020-10538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epikur, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2020-10538?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.