Account takeover via poisoned password-reset links
Published Nov 22, 2022 · Updated Apr 29, 2025
Host header injection in Microweber 1.2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts through password reset poisoning. The password-reset flow uses the untrusted HTTP Host header to build the emailed reset URL, so following it sends a valid reset token to an attacker-controlled host. Exploitation requires the targeted user to follow the poisoned link; possession of the token permits the attacker to reset that account's password.
Summary
What happened
Host header injection in Microweber 1.2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts through password reset poisoning. The password-reset flow uses the untrusted HTTP Host header to build the emailed reset URL, so following it sends a valid reset token to an attacker-controlled host. Exploitation requires the targeted user to follow the poisoned link; possession of the token permits the attacker to reset that account's password.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-33012
- Published
- Nov 22, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-74, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 22, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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