CVE-2024-51478 CRITICAL

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

Vendor Yeswiki
Product yeswiki
Weakness CWE-327 · Broken crypto
Published October 31, 2024
Last update October 31, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 31, 2024 CVE published
October 31, 2024 Record updated