CVE-2023-48707

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in codeigniter4/shield

Published Nov 24, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The `secretKey` value is an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication and in affected versions was stored in the database in cleartext form. If a malicious person somehow had access to the data in the database, they could use the key and secretKey for HMAC SHA256 authentication to send requests impersonating that corresponding user. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3035 CodeIgniter Shield is an authentication and authorization provider for CodeIgniter 4. The `secretKey` value is an important key for HMAC SHA256 authentication and in affected versions was stored in the database in cleartext form. If a malicious person somehow had access to the data in the database, they could use the key and secretKey for HMAC SHA256 authentication to send requests impersonating that corresponding user. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.0-beta.8. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v427-c49j-8w6x Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in HMAC SHA256 Authentication
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 9:37 PM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2023, 7:43 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 24, 2023, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:34 AM