# CVE-2023-2881: Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format in pimcore/customer-data-framework

> Attackers can recover stored passwords due to insecure storage formats in the pimcore customer data framework library.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 May 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j65r-g7q2-f8v3

## What is CVE-2023-2881?

CVE-2023-2881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in pimcore/customer-data-framework, published on 25 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format in GitHub repository pimcore/customer-data-framework prior to 3.3.10.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-257 (Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2881?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle` | Packagist | All versions | 3.3.10 |
| `pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle` | Packagist | All versions | 3.3.10 |

Products: Pimcore Customer Management Framework.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2881?

Upgrade pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle to 3.3.10 or later.

## Is CVE-2023-2881 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in pimcore/customer-data-framework

- [CVE-2024-21666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21666/): Pimcore Customer Data Framework Improper Access Control allows unprivileged user to access customers duplicates list (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-21667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21667/): Pimcore Customer Data Framework Improper Access Control allows unprivileged user to access GDPR extracts (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-4145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4145/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in pimcore/customer-data-framework (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-2756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2756/): SQL Injection in pimcore/customer-data-framework (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-31867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31867/): Pimcore Customer Data Framework 'SegmentAssignmentController.php' Blind SQL Injection (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2881 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in pimcore/customer-data-framework, published on 25 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 3.3.10
- pimcore/customer-management-framework-bundle (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 3.3.10

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-2023-2881/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2881/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2881
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2881
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2881

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2881/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.