CVE-2023-48707

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 24, 2023
Updated: Nov 30, 2023
CWE ID 312

Summary

CVE-2023-48707 affects CodeIgniter Shield, an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The vulnerability involves the storage of the `secretKey` value, a crucial key for HMAC SHA256 authentication, in cleartext form in the database. A malicious user with access to the database could exploit this issue by using the key to impersonate other users and send authenticated requests. CodeIgniter Shield's development team has released version 1.0.0-beta.8 to address the vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to upgrade as soon as possible, and there are currently no known workarounds for this issue.

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