CVE-2023-25403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CleverStupidDog yf-exam v 1.8.0 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The program uses a fixed JWT key, and the stored key uses username format characters. Any user who logged in within 24 hours. A token can be forged with his username to bypass authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Yf-exam Project	Yf-exam

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yf-exam_project:yf-exam:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/CleverStupidDog/yf-exam/issues/2
https://github.com/Fw-fW-fw/UPDATE-CVE/blob/main/CVE-2023-25403

History

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-07T16:39:28.313Z

Reserved: 2023-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-25403

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:18:36.338Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-03T23:15:12.140

Modified: 2025-03-07T17:15:17.727

Link: CVE-2023-25403

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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