# CVE-2023-37468: Storing unencrypted LDAP passwords in feedbacksystem

> Attackers with database access can read plaintext LDAP passwords for users who logged in via LDAP, compromising their credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g28r-8wg3-7349

## What is CVE-2023-37468?

CVE-2023-37468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thm-mni-ii feedbacksystem, published on 13 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Feedbacksystem is a personalized feedback system for students using artificial intelligence. Passwords of users using LDAP login are stored in clear text in the database. The LDAP users password is passed unencrypted in the LoginController.scala and stored in the database when logging in for the first time. Users using only local login or the cas login are not affected. This issue has been patched in version 1.19.2.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thm Feedbacksystem.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in thm-mni-ii feedbacksystem

- [CVE-2023-27485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27485/): Insufficient verification of authorisation when accessing subresults in thmmniii/fbs-core (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thm-mni-ii feedbacksystem, published on 13 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: thm-mni-ii feedbacksystem. 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-2023-37468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.