CVE-2020-10538

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-916

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.

Affected products

Epikur: before 20.1.1 — fixed in 20.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Epikur 20.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2020-003-epikur
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2020-003-epikur

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