CVE-2023-5840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

Published: 2023-10-29

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

linkstackorg

linkstackorg/linkstack

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< v4.2.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linkstack:linkstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58122	Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00674.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/linkstackorg/linkstack/commit/fe7b99eae88f9e4c4cd4b00bab372cbf4b584b16
https://huntr.com/bounties/8042d8c3-650e-4c0d-9146-d9ccf6082b30

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Linkstack Linkstack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2023-10-29T00:00:20.031Z

Updated: 2024-09-06T19:33:23.795Z

Reserved: 2023-10-29T00:00:07.451Z

Link: CVE-2023-5840

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.315Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-29T01:15:41.283

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:49:28.907

Link: CVE-2023-5840

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-640
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

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