PT-2023-30914 · Unknown · Codeigniter Shield

Kenjis · Published 2023-11-23 · Updated 2023-11-30 · CVE-2023-48707

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CodeIgniter Shield versions prior to 1.0.0-beta.8

Description The secretKey value, an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication, was stored in the database in cleartext form. If a malicious person had access to the database data, they could use the key and secretKey for HMAC SHA256 authentication to send requests impersonating a user.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.0-beta.8, upgrade to Shield v1.0.0-beta.8 or later. After upgrading, all existing secretKey values must be encrypted.

Exploit

Fix

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-48707

GHSA-V427-C49J-8W6X

Affected Products

Codeigniter Shield

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48707.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/commit/f77c6ae20275ac1245330a2b9a523bf7e6f6202f · Patch
• https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/security/advisories/GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48707 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48707 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/61240 · Telegram Post