Vulnerability in Dbijaya Onlinevotingsystem
CVE-2021-21253
OnlineVotingSystem is an open source project hosted on GitHub. OnlineVotingSystem before version 1.1.2 hashes user passwords without a salt, which is vulnerable to dictionary attacks. Therefore there is a threat of security breach in the voting system. Without a salt, it is much easier for attackers to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack techniques such as rainbow tables to crack passwords. This problem is fixed and published in version 1.1.2. A long randomly generated salt is added to the password hash function to better protect passwords stored in the voting system.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (53.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Dbijaya Onlinevotingsystem — versions < 1.1.2
- Onlinevotingsystem Project
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/dbijaya/OnlineVotingSystem/security/advisories/GHSA-wwg8-372v-v332 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/dbijaya/OnlineVotingSystem/commit/0181cb0272857696c8eb3e44fcf6cb014f… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-21253?
- CVE-2021-21253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dbijaya Onlinevotingsystem, classified under CWE-759. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2021-01-21.
- How severe is CVE-2021-21253?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.