CVE-2023-34240 — Weak passwords allowed in cloudexplorer-lite

Cloudexplorer-lite is an open source cloud software stack. Weak passwords can be easily guessed and are an easy target for brute force attacks. This can lead to an authentication system failure and compromise system security. Versions of cloudexplorer-lite prior to 1.2.0 did not enforce strong passwords. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Published Jun 27, 2023Updated Nov 27, 2024Sources: cvelistV5, GitHub_M

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

cloudexplorer dev

cloudexplorer_lite

CVSS base

6.5

MEDIUM

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

Yes

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

cloudexplorer dev

Products (1)

cloudexplorer lite

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Source
6.5	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM	—	—	cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

CWE-521

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

T1110Brute Force
T1110.001Brute Force: Password Guessing
T1558.003Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting

References

1 on the record

github.com/CloudExplorer-Dev/CloudExplorer-Lite/security/advisories/GHSA-px4m-5j22-5mw4
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Elsewhere on this site

cloudexplorer devevery CVE for this vendor
CWE-521other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.