Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GLPI - CVE-2019-13240
Published: July 10, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31017
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13240
CWE-ID: CWE-640
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: glpi-project
Affected software:
GLPI
GLPI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in GLPI before 9.4.1. After a successful password reset by a user, it is possible to change that user's password again during the next 24 hours without any information except the associated email address.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13240
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/commit/5da9f99b2d81713b1e36016b47ce656a33648bc7
- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/commit/86a43ae47b3dd844947f40a2ffcf1a36e53dbba6
- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/compare/1783b78...8e621f6
- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag/9.4.1
- https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/GLPI_9.4.0_unsafe_reset.pdf