What is CVE-2023-48708?

CVE-2023-48708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter Shield, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-48708?

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

Information disclosure in Codeigniter Shield

CVE-2023-48708

CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. In affected versions successful login attempts are recorded with the raw tokens stored in the log table. If a malicious person somehow views the data in the log table they can obtain a raw token which can then be used to send a request with that user's authority. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable logging for successful login attempts by the configuration files.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th 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

Codeigniter Shield — versions 1.0.0
Codeigniter4 Shield — versions < 1.0.0-beta.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48708?: CVE-2023-48708 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter Shield, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2023-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-48708?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.