CVE-2017-16946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The admin_edit function in app/Controller/UsersController.php in MISP 2.4.82 mishandles the enable_password field, which allows admins to discover a hashed password by reading the audit log.

Published: 2017-11-25

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:misp:misp:2.4.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8115	The admin_edit function in app/Controller/UsersController.php in MISP 2.4.82 mishandles the enable_password field, which allows admins to discover a hashed password by reading the audit log.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00296.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/7d5890b2fc63285f010d5845913894dd71cf232c

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Misp Misp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-25T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:43:57.842Z

Reserved: 2017-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-25T18:29:00.220

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16946

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-532

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