Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-34914

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the php-censor/php-censor package (Packagist). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

php-censor v2.1.4 and fixed in v.2.1.5 was discovered to utilize a weak hashing algorithm for its remember_key value. This allows attackers to bruteforce to bruteforce the remember_key value to gain access to accounts that have checked "remember me" when logging in.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistphp-censor/php-censor2.1.5GHSA-fqw7-839j-hvxj
Packagistphp-censor/php-censor2.0.13GHSA-fqw7-839j-hvxj

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-328 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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