CVE-2023-40174
MediumCVSS 6.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
CVE-2023-40174 affects the Social media skeleton project, which improperly manages the user session lifecycle. Versions prior to 1.0.5 did not adequately limit session duration, posing a risk of unauthorized access.
Risk Assessment
Improper session management can lead to user account takeover, jeopardizing data security and the organization's reputation.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade to version 1.0.5 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Other vulnerabilities in Social media skeleton
See all- CVE-2023-39344Critical
The social-media-skeleton project has a SQL injection vulnerability that allows UNION based injections, which indirectly leads to remote code execution. A fix has been introduced in commit 3cabdd35c3d874608883c9eaf9bf69b2014d25c1.
- CVE-2023-40173High
Social Media Skeleton prior to version 1.0.5 did not properly salt passwords, making them susceptible to cracking if an attacker gained access to hashed passwords.
- CVE-2023-40172Medium
CVE-2023-40172 affects the Social media skeleton project, which prior to version 1.0.5 did not properly restrict Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker could trick a victim into performing unintended actions on a website.
- CVE-2023-39518Medium
The social-media-skeleton project, implemented using PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, and HTML, has a stored XSS vulnerability in versions 1.0.0 to 1.0.3. The issue is patched in version 1.0.3.
Original NVD description (English source)
Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Insufficient session expiration is a web application security vulnerability that occurs when a web application does not properly manage the lifecycle of a user's session. Social media skeleton releases prior to 1.0.5 did not properly limit manage user session lifecycles. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.