Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-10538 - Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in Epikur 20.1.0.1
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |