CVE-2023-22271 AEM Weak Cryptography for Passwords Security feature bypass

2023-03-2200:00:00

CWE-261

adobe

www.cve.org

cve-2023-22271

weak cryptography

passwords

security feature bypass

experience manager 6.5.15.0

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

33.5%

JSON

Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker can exploit this in order to decrypt a user’s password. The attack complexity is high since a successful exploitation requires to already have in possession this encrypted secret.

CNA Affected

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      },
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        "version": "unspecified",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "None",
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