FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 Use of Unsalted MD5 for Password Storage (CVE-2026-80211) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-80211

FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 Use of Unsalted MD5 for Password Storage

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-80211 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 Use of Unsalted MD5 for Password Storage. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps FrontAccounting/FrontAccounting (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Aug 27, 2026Updated Aug 27, 2026Source checked Aug 27, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 27, 2026Material review Aug 27, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

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Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps FrontAccounting/FrontAccounting (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
FrontAccounting/FrontAccountinggeneric	0	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for FrontAccounting/FrontAccounting.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Aug 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Aug 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Aug 27, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 stores and verifies user passwords as unsalted MD5 digests. admin/users.php passes md5($_POST['password']) to add_user() and update_user_password(), admin/change_current_user_password.php does the same when a user changes their own password, the forgotten-password path in includes/current_user.inc hashes the newly generated password the same way, and authentication calls get_user_auth($loginname, md5($password)). The codebase applies no per-password salt and contains no call to password_hash(), password_verify() or any other adaptive hash, so identical passwords yield identical digests and an attacker who obtains the user table can recover plaintext passwords with precomputed lookup tables or high-rate GPU cracking.

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