Account takeover via Host-poisoned password reset link
Published Jul 7, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
Password reset poisoning in Hashview 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts through a crafted Host header. The unauthenticated /reset_password route passes _external=True to Flask url_for without a configured SERVER_NAME, so Flask builds the emailed reset URL from the unvalidated Host header. A victim must follow the emailed link, which sends the reset token to an attacker-controlled domain and permits the attacker to set a new password.
Summary
What happened
Password reset poisoning in Hashview 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over accounts through a crafted Host header. The unauthenticated /reset_password route passes _external=True to Flask url_for without a configured SERVER_NAME, so Flask builds the emailed reset URL from the unvalidated Host header. A victim must follow the emailed link, which sends the reset token to an attacker-controlled domain and permits the attacker to set a new password.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-43930
- Published
- Jul 7, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-472, T1528
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Hashview issue 145 exploitation procedureproof of concept · unverified
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