CVE-2023-5840 : Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitHub repository lin

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

Published 2023-10-29 01:15:41

Updated 2023-11-08 01:59:30

Source huntr.dev

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Products affected by CVE-2023-5840

Linkstack » Linkstack
Versions before (<) 4.2.9
cpe:2.3:a:linkstack:linkstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.20%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 57 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
6.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	2.8	3.6	huntr.dev
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: None Availability: None
8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	2.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.

Assigned by: security@huntr.dev (Primary)

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