Administrator account takeover via user ID overwrite
Published Nov 3, 2023 · Updated Nov 11, 2025
Authorization bypass in Lost and Found Information System 1.0 allows remote attackers to take over the administrator account. The save handler accepts attacker-controlled id, username, and password fields for user ID 1 without requiring a session or checking authorization. An unauthenticated POST can replace the administrator credentials, granting control of the application account and its data.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Lost and Found Information System 1.0 allows remote attackers to take over the administrator account. The save handler accepts attacker-controlled id, username, and password fields for user ID 1 without requiring a session or checking authorization. An unauthenticated POST can replace the administrator credentials, granting control of the application account and its data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38965
- Published
- Nov 3, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-639, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 3, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Lost and Found Information System 1.0 IDOR account-takeover proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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