CVE-2026-110104
mediumXxyopen novel through 3.5.0 contains a weak password hashing vulnerability that allows attackers to recover plaintext passwords because UserServiceImpl.registe…
Xxyopen novel through 3.5.0 contains a weak password hashing vulnerability that allows attackers to recover plaintext passwords because UserServiceImpl.register() stores unsalted MD5 digests in user_info.password. Attackers who obtain the password column through a database leak or backup exposure can crack hashes with precomputed tables or GPU brute force and reuse credentials.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/blob/v3.5.0/src/main/java/io/github/xxyopen/novel/servi... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/commit/fa82ce7e426a5b29db469b8f13d2e29fc1260871 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/pull/53 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/novel-through-3.5.0-unsalted-md5-password-storage disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/pull/53 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0