Account takeover via unauthenticated password changes
Published Feb 18, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Improper authentication in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to change any user's password. The changePasswordForEmployee.php endpoint accepts a POSTed user_id and replacement password without verifying a session or authorization for the targeted account. No prior account or user interaction is required; the changed password enables entry to the targeted account and locks out its legitimate owner.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to change any user's password. The changePasswordForEmployee.php endpoint accepts a POSTed user_id and replacement password without verifying a session or authorization for the targeted account. No prior account or user interaction is required; the changed password enables entry to the targeted account and locks out its legitimate owner.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-0905
- Published
- Feb 18, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Online Movie Ticket Booking System
- Product
- Employee Task Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 18, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Employee Task Management System broken-authentication proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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