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
⌚ 15 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 maturity: 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
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0 . It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: L
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 5.1
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Medium
Requirements
Fixes
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