Vulnerability · Published Oct 31, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-51478Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki

Critical 9.9

In plain English

A critical-severity broken cryptography in yeswiki from YesWiki. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to 4.4.5, the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm and a hard-coded salt to hash the password reset key allows it to be recovered and used to reset the password of any account. This issue is fixed in 4.4.5.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagistyeswiki/yeswiki4.4.5GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
YesWiki yeswiki < 4.4.5

Weakness: CWE-327 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

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