Critical
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki
Type: advisorySources: OSV
YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to 4.4.5, the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm and a hard-coded salt to hash the password reset key allows it to be recovered and used to reset the password of any account. This issue is fixed in 4.4.5.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-51478
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 31 Oct 2024, 16:15 UTC
YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to 4.4.5, the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm and a hard-coded salt to hash the password reset key allows it to be recovered and used to reset the password of any account. This issue is fixed in 4.4.5.
osv:CVE-2024-51478
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-51478",
"method": "structured",
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"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in YesWiki",
"summary": "YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. Prior to 4.4.5, the use of a weak cryptographic algorithm and a hard-coded salt to hash the password reset key allows it to be recovered and used to reset the password of any account. This issue is fixed in 4.4.5.",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.764312548Z",
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"https://github.com/YesWiki/yeswiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4fvx-h823-38v3",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51478",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 513609,
"published_at": "2024-10-31T16:15:46.811+00:00"
}