CVE-2023-5840

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    CVE-2023-5840

    Published: 29 Oct 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in linkstackorg/linkstack

    Details: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitHub repository linkstackorg/linkstack prior to v4.2.9.

    References: https://huntr.com/bounties/8042d8c3-650e-4c0d-9146-d9ccf6082b30, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5840.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5840, https://github.com/linkstackorg/linkstack/commit/fe7b99eae88f9e4c4cd4b00bab372cbf4b584b16

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9d77c57838da6c3c61f92674268836c1f515739a

    Affected versions

    v4.2.8
    v4.2.7
    v4.2.6
    v4.2.5
    v4.2.4
    v4.2.3
    v4.2.2
    v4.2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2023-5840 | CVE-DB