Password recovery via single-round MD5 hashing
Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 18, 2026
Weak password hashing in CJBI admin3 3.0.0 and earlier allows attackers with database access to recover account passwords offline. SecurityUtil.md5 concatenates the username and password, runs one MD5 digest with no random salt or work factor, and stores an unpadded hexadecimal result. Database read access is required; recovered plaintext credentials expose affected accounts without changing data or interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Weak password hashing in CJBI admin3 3.0.0 and earlier allows attackers with database access to recover account passwords offline. SecurityUtil.md5 concatenates the username and password, runs one MD5 digest with no random salt or work factor, and stores an unpadded hexadecimal result. Database read access is required; recovered plaintext credentials expose affected accounts without changing data or interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-92921
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- Vendor
- CJBI
- Product
- admin3
- Classifications
- CWE-916, T1110.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.0.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- ADMIN3-08 offline MD5 credential-hashing proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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