# CVE-2023-0641: PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System changepassword.php weak password

> The application allows weak passwords during password changes, potentially enabling attackers to guess credentials and take over accounts.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5x44-jjpr-vq97

## What is CVE-2023-0641?

CVE-2023-0641 is a low-severity vulnerability in PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System, published on 2 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file changepassword.php. The manipulation of the argument newpassword/confirmpassword leads to weak password requirements. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-220021 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0641?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Employee Leaves Management System Project Employee Leaves Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0641?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0641 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System

- [CVE-2022-30931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30931/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0641 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0641 is a low-severity vulnerability in PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System, published on 2 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Employee Leaves Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0641/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0641/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0641
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0641
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0641

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0641/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.