VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-10538

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-916

Primary references