CVE-2026-110104
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/blob/v3.5.0/src/main/java/io/github/xxyopen/novel/service/impl/UserServiceImpl.java#L70-L77
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/commit/fa82ce7e426a5b29db469b8f13d2e29fc1260871
- https://github.com/201206030/novel/pull/53
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/novel-through-3.5.0-unsalted-md5-password-storage
CWEs
CWE-916
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.