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TI-2023-21047 Aliases CVE-2023-40174

Insufficient Session Expiration in fobybus/social-media-skeleton

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-613Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00519 44th 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
No
Technical impact
Total

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-2023-40174

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-20483 social-media-skeleton vulnerable to Pre-Auth SQLi leading to RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-21046 Unsalted passwords in fobybus/social-media-skeleton CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • 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