CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4905

7.5 HIGH Published 2008-11-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-330

Description

Typo 5.1.3 and earlier uses a hard-coded salt for calculating password hashes, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.

Affected configurations

• typosphere typo (<= 5.1.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values weakness
  • CWE-760 Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

References