Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Beego - CVE-2024-55885

 

Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Beego - CVE-2024-55885

Published: June 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110091
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55885
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: beego Framework
Affected software:
Beego

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to beego use MD5 as a hashing algorithm and MD5 is no longer considered secure against well-funded opponents due to its vulnerability to collision attacks. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to modify data on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-55885

Install updates from vendor's website.

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