Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Navigate CMS - CVE-2020-14016
Published: June 24, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34196
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14016
CWE-ID: CWE-640
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in Navigate CMS 2.9 r1433. The forgot-password feature allows users to reset their passwords by using either their username or the email address associated with their account. However, the feature returns a not_found message when the provided username or email address does not match a user in the system. This can be used to enumerate users.
Affected software
Navigate CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-14016
Install update from vendor's website.