Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting yeswiki/yeswiki package, versions <4.4.5
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- published1 Nov 2024
- disclosed31 Oct 2024
- creditNishacid
Introduced: 31 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-51478 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade yeswiki/yeswiki to version 4.4.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm through the generateUserLink function. This could lead to account takeover, which can lead to theft of sensitive data, modification of website content, addition/deletion of administrator accounts, user identity theft.
Workaround
Replace the salt with a random one and the hash algorithm with a more secure one.