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TI-2024-34399 Aliases CVE-2024-51478GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki

Priority HIGH 82CWE-327Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-327.

Summary

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to 4.4.5, the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm and a hard-coded salt to hash the password reset key allows it to be recovered and used to reset the password of any account. This issue is fixed in 4.4.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00373 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed yeswiki (YesWiki): 4.4.5yeswiki/yeswiki (Packagist): 4.4.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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
YesWikiyeswikibefore 4.4.54.4.5Patch availableCNA
—yeswiki/yeswiki (Packagist)before 4.4.54.4.5Patch availableGHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3
  • yeswiki VendorYesWiki Affected before 4.4.5 Fixed in 4.4.5 Patch available CNA
  • yeswiki/yeswiki (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.4.5 Fixed in 4.4.5 Patch available GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:yeswiki:yeswiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.4.5VulnerableYesWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:yeswiki:yeswiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.4.5 Vulnerable ·YesWiki

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA yeswiki (YesWiki) Fixed in 4.4.5
  • Fix · GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3 yeswiki/yeswiki (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51478
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-29089 YesWiki Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Site Backup Creation and Download CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-22392 Path Traversal allowing arbitrary read of files in Yeswiki CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-17784 YesWiki Vulnerable to Unauthenticated DOM Based XSS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2025-29087 YesWiki Vulnerable to Stored XSS in Comments CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2025-29090 YesWiki Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2025-17786 YesWiki vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file deletion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
See all 15 →

Sources

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