{"id":"CVE-2020-14423","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-14423","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:54.765Z","title":"Convos before 4.20 does not properly generate a random secret in Core/Settings.pm and Util.pm.","description":"Convos before 4.20 does not properly generate a random secret in Core/Settings.pm and Util.pm. This leads to a predictable CONVOS_LOCAL_SECRET value, affecting password resets and invitations.","published":"2020-06-18T14:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:54:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-330"],"affected":["convos/convos"],"epss":{"score":0.01059,"percentile":0.64306,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://convos.chat/blog/2020/6/18/local-secret-got-more-secure","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/commit/54d1763ac65c05aad27ad454b4e5a62ba8352d39","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/compare/4.19...4.20","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://convos.chat/blog/2020/6/18/local-secret-got-more-secure","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/commit/54d1763ac65c05aad27ad454b4e5a62ba8352d39","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/Nordaaker/convos/compare/4.19...4.20","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14423","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}