Is CVE-2023-40173 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-40173 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-40173?

CVE-2023-40173 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-40173?

CVE-2023-40173 has an EPSS score of 0.53% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40173?

Upgrade social-media-skeleton to 1.0.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-40173

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly salt passwords leaving user passwords susceptible to cracking should an attacker gain access to hashed passwords. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CWE-522

How to fix

Remediation Available

social-media-skeletonNVD

Affected:< 1.0.5Fixed in:1.0.5CVE-2023-40173derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.