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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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