Is CVE-2023-40174 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-40174 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-40174?

CVE-2023-40174 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-40174?

CVE-2023-40174 has an EPSS score of 0.43% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40174?

Upgrade social-media-skeleton to 1.0.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-40174

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Insufficient session expiration is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when a web application does not properly manage the lifecycle of a user's session. Social media skeleton releases prior to 1.0.5 did not properly limit manage user session lifecycles. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CWE-613

How to fix

Remediation Available

social-media-skeletonNVD

Affected:< 1.0.5Fixed in:1.0.5CVE-2023-40174derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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CVE-2021-24019	High	8.1	3.8%	-	Fix

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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.