What is CVE-2023-40174?

CVE-2023-40174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fobybus Social-Media-Skeleton, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-40174?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fobybus Social-Media-Skeleton

CVE-2023-40174

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Insufficient session expiration is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when a web application does not properly manage the lifecycle of a user's session. Social media skeleton releases prior to 1.0.5 did not properly limit manage user session lifecycles. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Fobybus Social-media-skeleton — versions < 1.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40174?: CVE-2023-40174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fobybus Social-Media-Skeleton, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-40174?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.