newbee-mall Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing Enables Offline Credential Cracking
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-327Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327.
Summary
newbee-mall stores and verifies user passwords using an unsalted MD5 hashing algorithm. The implementation does not incorporate per-user salts or computational cost controls, enabling attackers who obtain password hashes through database exposure, backup leakage, or other compromise vectors to rapidly recover plaintext credentials via offline attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00222 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| newbee-ltd | newbee-mall | 1.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- newbee-mall Vendornewbee-ltd Affected 1.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:newbee-mall_project:newbee-mall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.0.0 | Vulnerable | Newbee-mall Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:newbee-mall_project:newbee-mall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.0 Vulnerable ·Newbee-mall Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-26219
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r8m3-w58q-qp9h
References
More newbee-ltd vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-68324 Business logic error in newbee-mall shopping cart quantity handler CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-02270 newbee-ltd newbee-mall Multiple Endpoints cross-site request forgery CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-63282 newbee-ltd newbee-mall Goods Save Endpoint UploadController.java cross site scripting CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2025-14012 newbee-mall-plus Product Information Edit UploadController.java upload unrestricted upload CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2026-21209 newbee-mall Default Seeded Administrator Credentials Allow Account Takeover CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-26219 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-26219 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r8m3-w58q-qp9h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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