CVE-2023-40173 is a critical vulnerability affecting versions prior to 1.0.5 of the fobybus social-media-skeleton project, where user passwords were not properly salted. This oversight makes hashed passwords vulnerable to cracking if an attacker gains access to the database. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of user credentials. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fobybus:social-media-skeleton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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