Account takeover via email-based password and MFA resets
Published Jun 17, 2026 · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Authentication bypass in vantage6 before 5.0.0 allows attackers with access to a user's email account to take over that account. The password-recovery flow resets the password by email, and the separate MFA-recovery flow also sends its reset through the same email channel. Control of the registered mailbox is required; completing both resets removes the independent TOTP factor and grants the compromised user's permissions.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in vantage6 before 5.0.0 allows attackers with access to a user's email account to take over that account. The password-recovery flow resets the password by email, and the separate MFA-recovery flow also sends its reset through the same email channel. Control of the registered mailbox is required; completing both resets removes the independent TOTP factor and grants the compromised user's permissions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27928
- Published
- Jun 17, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- Vendor
- vantage6
- Product
- vantage6
- Classifications
- CWE-308, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 5.0.0
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