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Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in HMAC SHA256 Authentication

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 23, 2023 in codeigniter4/shield • Updated Nov 27, 2023

Package

composer codeigniter4/shield (Composer)

Affected versions

< 1.0.0-beta.8

Patched versions

1.0.0-beta.8

Description

Impact

secretKey, an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication, was stored in the database in raw form.

If a malicious person somehow had access to the data in the database, they could use the key and secretKey for HMAC SHA256 authentication to send requests impersonating that person.

Patches

Upgrade to Shield v1.0.0-beta.8 or later.

After upgrading, all existing secret keys must be encrypted.
See https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield/blob/develop/UPGRADING.md for details.

Workarounds

None.

References

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References

@kenjis kenjis published to codeigniter4/shield Nov 23, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 23, 2023
Reviewed Nov 23, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 24, 2023
Last updated Nov 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.049%
(19th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-48707

GHSA ID

GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x

Source code

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