Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7053

LowPublic PoC

Published: 22 December 2023

Published
22 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0025 48.5th percentile
Risk Priority 6 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7053 is a low-severity Weak Password Requirements (CWE-521) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Online Notes Sharing System. Its CVSS base score is 3.1 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Brute Force (T1110); ranked at the 48.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Notes Sharing System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /user/signup.php. The manipulation leads to weak password requirements. The attack can be initiated remotely. The…

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complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248740.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.
T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
T1110.002 Password Cracking Credential Access
Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained.
T1110.003 Password Spraying Credential Access
Adversaries may use a single or small list of commonly used passwords against many different accounts to attempt to acquire valid account credentials.
Why these techniques?

Weak password requirements in /user/signup.php allow creation of accounts with easily guessable, crackable, or sprayable passwords, directly facilitating brute force attacks.

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
online notes sharing system
1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-521

Configuration settings can define and enforce strong password requirements to avoid weak policies.

addresses: CWE-521

IA policy establishes password requirements, directly addressing weak password requirements.

addresses: CWE-521

Ensuring authenticators have sufficient strength of mechanism for intended use addresses weak password requirements.

addresses: CWE-521

Organization-wide password and authentication policies are applied uniformly, preventing weak local password requirements.

addresses: CWE-521

Facilitated training and awareness of current practices improves definition and enforcement of sufficiently strong password requirements.

addresses: CWE-521

Dedicated security resources support deployment of strong authentication systems and enforcement of robust password policies.

addresses: CWE-521

Vulnerability scans assess password policies and weak credential requirements against benchmarks.

addresses: CWE-521

User documentation on maintaining security includes password requirements, directly mitigating weak password policies.

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