CVE-2021-21253

Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt in OnlineVotingSystem

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 21, 2021 at 02:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOnline Voting SystemOnlineVotingSystem

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

OnlineVotingSystem is an open source project hosted on GitHub. OnlineVotingSystem before version 1.1.2 hashes user passwords without a salt, which is vulnerable to dictionary attacks. Therefore there is a threat of security breach in the voting system. Without a salt, it is much easier for attackers to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack techniques such as rainbow tables to crack passwords. This problem is fixed and published in version 1.1.2. A long randomly generated salt is added to the password hash function to better protect passwords stored in the voting system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.1.2
Affected range stops below 1.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.1.2
Affected range stops below 1.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-759CWE-916

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