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TI-2023-21046 Aliases CVE-2023-40173

Unsalted passwords in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-522Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.

Summary

Social media skeleton is an uncompleted/framework social media project implemented using a php, css ,javascript and html. Prior to version 1.0.5 Social media skeleton did not properly salt passwords leaving user passwords susceptible to cracking should an attacker gain access to hashed passwords. This issue has been addressed in version 1.0.5 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00659 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed social-media-skeleton (fobybus): 1.0.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
fobybussocial-media-skeletonbefore 1.0.51.0.5Patch availableCNA
  • social-media-skeleton Vendorfobybus Affected before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fobybus:social-media-skeleton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.0.5Vulnerablefobybus
  • cpe:2.3:a:fobybus:social-media-skeleton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·fobybus

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA social-media-skeleton (fobybus) Fixed in 1.0.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40173
  2. 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-20483 social-media-skeleton vulnerable to Pre-Auth SQLi leading to RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-21047 Insufficient Session Expiration in fobybus/social-media-skeleton CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-21045 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in fobybus/social-media-skeleton CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-20650 social-media-skeleton stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences