Description
CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The `secretKey` value is an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication and in affected versions was stored in the database in cleartext 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 corresponding user. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Published: 2023-11-24
Score: 5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3035 CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The `secretKey` value is an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication and in affected versions was stored in the database in cleartext 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 corresponding user. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in HMAC SHA256 Authentication
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Codeigniter Shield
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:37:54.651Z

Reserved: 2023-11-17T19:43:37.554Z

Link: CVE-2023-48707

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-24T18:15:07.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:32:18.130

Link: CVE-2023-48707

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