CVE-2020-10538 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 5 Feb 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Epikur stores user passwords as unsalted MD5 hashes, allowing attackers to recover credentials via brute-force or rainbow tables.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-10538?

CVE-2020-10538 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack.

Weakness: CWE-916

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10538?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Epikur Epikur.

How do I fix CVE-2020-10538?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-10538 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10538 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vffp-xx76-rfqc.