Unauthenticated account takeover via password reset authorization bypass
Published Sep 14, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Authorization bypass in Siemens Industrial Edge Management before 1.3 allows remote attackers to change any user's password. The vendor classifies password-change handling as authorization bypass through a user-controlled key but does not disclose the affected request or code path. No authentication or user interaction is required; a successful reset lets the attacker impersonate any valid user, including privileged accounts if targeted.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Siemens Industrial Edge Management before 1.3 allows remote attackers to change any user's password. The vendor classifies password-change handling as authorization bypass through a user-controlled key but does not disclose the affected request or code path. No authentication or user interaction is required; a successful reset lets the attacker impersonate any valid user, including privileged accounts if targeted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-37184
- Published
- Sep 14, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- Industrial Edge Management
- Classifications
- CWE-639, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 14, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions < V1.3
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