Account takeover via nonexpiring password reset tokens
Published Mar 24, 2026 · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Insufficient reset-token expiration in ellite Wallos before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers with a leaked token to take over an account. The passwordreset.php validation query matches the supplied token and email but never compares the stored created_at timestamp with an expiration limit. Exploitation requires access to an unused reset link, after which the attacker can replace the account password even when the token is arbitrarily old.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient reset-token expiration in ellite Wallos before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers with a leaked token to take over an account. The passwordreset.php validation query matches the supplied token and email but never compares the stored created_at timestamp with an expiration limit. Exploitation requires access to an unused reset link, after which the attacker can replace the account password even when the token is arbitrarily old.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-33417
- Published
- Mar 24, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2026
- Vendor
- ellite
- Product
- Wallos
- Classifications
- CWE-613, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.7.2
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-p3fv-m43r-3fhf password-reset proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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