What is CVE-2023-48707?

CVE-2023-48707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter4 Shield, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-48707?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Codeigniter4 Shield

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 mali…

EPSS: 0.001 (18.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Codeigniter4 Shield — versions < 1.0.0-beta.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/security/advisories/GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/commit/f77c6ae20275ac1245330a2b9a523bf7e6f6202f (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48707?: CVE-2023-48707 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter4 Shield, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-48707?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.