Administrator password reset via eight-digit credential generation
Published Jul 25, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024
Weak password recovery in R-HUB TurboMeeting before 8.0 allows remote attackers to reset the administrator password without authentication. The Forgot Password workflow immediately replaces the administrator credential with a randomly generated eight-digit value instead of requiring a user-selected strong password. The reset request needs no account or user interaction; administrative access additionally requires learning and cracking the new hash, which the published proof of concept obtains through a separate SQL injection flaw.
Summary
What happened
Weak password recovery in R-HUB TurboMeeting before 8.0 allows remote attackers to reset the administrator password without authentication. The Forgot Password workflow immediately replaces the administrator credential with a randomly generated eight-digit value instead of requiring a user-selected strong password. The reset request needs no account or user interaction; administrative access additionally requires learning and cracking the new hash, which the published proof of concept obtains through a separate SQL injection flaw.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-38287
- Published
- Jul 25, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vendor
- R-HUB Communications, Inc.
- Product
- TurboMeeting
- Classifications
- CWE-640, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.0
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- TurboMeeting insecure password-reset proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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