CVE-2023-38871
Economizzer user enumeration vulnerability
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.3
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
CVE-2023-38871- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
CVE-2023-38871- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2516 No score
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2516- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h3qf-v68r-35jg
5.3
Economizzer user enumeration vulnerability
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
GHSA-h3qf-v68r-35jg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h3qf-v68r-35jg
5.3
Economizzer user enumeration vulnerability
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
GHSA-h3qf-v68r-35jg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.
- Record
CVE-2023-38871- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gugoan/economizzerPackagist |
through 0.9-beta1 | None known |
gugoan/economizzerPackagist |
through 0.9-beta1, plus listed versions v0.4-alphav0.8-alphav0.9-beta1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38871 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Economizzer, published September 28, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/gugoan/economizzer
economizzer.org
github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38871
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38871
github.com/gugoan/economizzer/commit/37308802dfe00d43df396a8afaa2096ece8b7b57
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3qf-v68r-35jg
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38871.json