Password change without identity check
Description
The system allows a user to change their password without requesting the previous one or enforcing another identity verification mechanism.
Impact
Gain total control over a user account.
Recommendation
- Guarantee that the current password is needed when a password change is requested by users.
- Use a second authentication mechanism to ensure the password change is performed by the account owner.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: L
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: N
- Integrity: L
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code madurity: X
- Remediation level: U
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:U/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 5.1
- Temporal: 5.1
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Requirements
Fixes
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