Account takeover via short-lived token email change
Published Oct 4, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper authorization in Wire iOS before 3.86 allows remote attackers with an old valid access token to take over an account. The client sends an email-change request to the /self/email endpoint using only the short-lived token in the Authorization header, without the long-lived authentication cookie. Possession of an old but still valid token is required; changing the account email transfers control of the account.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in Wire iOS before 3.86 allows remote attackers with an old valid access token to take over an account. The client sends an email-change request to the /self/email endpoint using only the short-lived token in the Authorization header, without the long-lived authentication cookie. Possession of an old but still valid token is required; changing the account email transfers control of the account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-41093
- Published
- Oct 4, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Wire Swiss GmbH
- Product
- Wire iOS
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CWE-285, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 4, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 3.86
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