CWE-640

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

BaseIncompleteLikelihood: High

Description

The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.

Hierarchy (View 1000)

Parents

CWE-1390

Children

none

Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-50

CVEs mapped to this weakness (77)

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CVE	Sev	Risk	CVSS	EPSS	Published	Description
CVE-2024-12295	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Mar 19, 2025	The BoomBox Theme Extensions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'boombox_ajax_reset_password' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level privileges and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVE-2024-45980	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Sep 26, 2024	A host header injection vulnerability in MEANStore 1.0 allows attackers to obtain the password reset token via user interaction with a crafted password reset link. This allows attackers to arbitrarily reset other users' passwords and compromise their accounts.
CVE-2024-27899	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Apr 9, 2024	Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
CVE-2015-5172	Cri	0.57	9.8	0.00	Oct 24, 2017	Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to expire password reset links.
CVE-2017-14005	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Oct 17, 2017	An Unverified Password Change issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface. When setting a new password for a user, the application does not require the user to know the original password. An attacker who is authenticated could change a user's password, enabling future access and possible configuration changes.
CVE-2017-12851	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Aug 14, 2017	An authenticated standard user could reset the password of the admin by altering form data. Affects kanboard before 1.0.46.
CVE-2017-12850	Hig	0.57	8.8	0.00	Aug 14, 2017	An authenticated standard user could reset the password of other users (including the admin) by altering form data. Affects kanboard before 1.0.46.
CVE-2026-33707	Cri	0.54	9.4	0.00	Apr 10, 2026	Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, the default password reset mechanism generates tokens using sha1($email) with no random component, no expiration, and no rate limiting. An attacker who knows a user's email can compute the reset token and change the victim's password without authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3.
CVE-2025-29995	Hig	0.54	—	0.01	Mar 13, 2025	This vulnerability exists in the CAP back office application due to a weak password-reset mechanism implemented at API endpoints. An authenticated remote attacker with a valid login ID could exploit this vulnerability through vulnerable API endpoint which could lead to account takeover of targeted users.
CVE-2026-42606	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	May 9, 2026	AzuraCast is a self-hosted, all-in-one web radio management suite. Prior to version 0.23.6, the ApplyXForwarded middleware unconditionally trusts the client-supplied X-Forwarded-Host HTTP header with no trusted proxy allowlist. An unauthenticated attacker can poison the password reset URL sent to any user by injecting this header when triggering the forgot-password flow. When the victim clicks the poisoned link, their reset token is exfiltrated to the attacker's server. The attacker then uses the token on the real instance to reset the victim's password and destroy their 2FA configuration, achieving full account takeover. This issue has been patched in version 0.23.6.
CVE-2026-29199	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	May 4, 2026	phpBB before 3.3.16 is vulnerable to Host Header Injection that can lead to password rest link poisoning. When force_server_vars is disabled, the servers hostname may be extracted from the HTTP Host header which is used to generate the password reset link URL. An attacker who can manipulate the Host header (e.g. through misconfigured host setup or missing header validation by the webserver) can cause password reset emails to contain a link pointing to an attacker-controlled domain, potentially leading to account takeover.
CVE-2026-2564	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	Feb 16, 2026	A security flaw has been discovered in Intelbras VIP 3260 Z IA 2.840.00IB005.0.T. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /OutsideCmd. The manipulation results in weak password recovery. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Attacks of this nature are highly complex. The exploitation appears to be difficult. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
CVE-2025-8855	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	Nov 14, 2025	Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key, Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password, Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data vulnerability in Optimus Software Brokerage Automation allows Exploiting Trust in Client, Authentication Bypass, Manipulate Registry Information.This issue affects Brokerage Automation: before 1.1.71.
CVE-2025-41251	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	Sep 29, 2025	VMware NSX contains a weak password recovery mechanism vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor may exploit this to enumerate valid usernames, potentially enabling brute-force attacks. Impact: Username enumeration → credential brute force risk. Attack Vector: Remote, unauthenticated. Severity: Important. CVSSv3: 8.1 (High). Acknowledgments: Reported by the National Security Agency. Affected Products:VMware NSX 9.x.x.x, 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 4.0.x NSX-T 3.x VMware Cloud Foundation (with NSX) 5.x, 4.5.x Fixed Versions: NSX 9.0.1.0; 4.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 http://4.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 ; 4.1.2.7; NSX-T 3.2.4.3; CCF async patch (KB88287). Workarounds: None.
CVE-2024-6125	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.01	Jun 19, 2024	The Login with phone number plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 1.7.34. This is due to the plugin generating too weak a reset code, and the code used to reset the password has no attempt or time limit. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users by guessing a 6-digit numeric reset code.
CVE-2023-7264	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.02	Jun 11, 2024	The Build App Online plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to account takeover due to a weak password reset mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.22. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users by guessing an 4-digit numeric reset code.
CVE-2023-4214	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.00	Nov 18, 2023	The AppPresser plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 4.2.5. This is due to the plugin generating too weak a reset code, and the code used to reset the password has no attempt or time limit.
CVE-2015-7257	Hig	0.53	7.5	0.17	Aug 24, 2017	ZTE ADSL ZXV10 W300 modems W300V2.1.0f_ER7_PE_O57 and W300V2.1.0h_ER7_PE_O57 allow remote authenticated non-administrator users to change the admin password by intercepting an outgoing password change request, and changing the username parameter from "support" to "admin".
CVE-2017-8613	Hig	0.53	8.1	0.02	Jun 29, 2017	Azure AD Connect Password writeback, if misconfigured during enablement, allows an attacker to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access to arbitrary on-premises AD privileged user accounts aka "Azure AD Connect Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
CVE-2026-24467	Cri	0.52	9.0	0.01	Apr 20, 2026	OpenAEV is an open source platform allowing organizations to plan, schedule and conduct cyber adversary simulation campaign and tests. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to version 2.0.13, OpenAEV's password reset implementation contains multiple security weaknesses that together allow reliable account takeover. The primary issue is that password reset tokens do not expire. Once a token is generated, it remains valid indefinitely, even if significant time has passed or if newer tokens are issued for the same account. This allows an attacker to accumulate valid password reset tokens over time and reuse them at any point in the future to reset a victim’s password. A secondary weakness is that password reset tokens are only 8 digits long. While an 8-digit numeric token provides 100,000,000 possible combinations (which is secure enough), the ability to generate large numbers of valid tokens drastically reduces the required number of attempts to guess a valid password reset token. For example, if an attacker generates 2,000 valid tokens, the brute-force effort is reduced to approximately 50,000 attempts, which is a trivially achievable number of requests for an automated attack. (100 requests per second can mathematically find a valid password reset token in 500 seconds.) By combining these flaws, an attacker can mass-generate valid password reset tokens and then brute-force them efficiently until a match is found, allowing the attacker to reset the victim’s password to a value of their choosing. The original password is not required, and the attack can be performed entirely without authentication. This vulnerability enables full account takeover that leads to platform compromise. An unauthenticated remote attacker can reset the password of any registered user account and gain complete access without authentication. Because user email addresses are exposed to other users by design, a single guessed or observed email address is sufficient to compromise even administrator accounts with non-guessable email addresses. This design flaw results in a reliable and scalable account takeover vulnerability that affects any registered user account in the system. Note: The vulnerability does not require OpenAEV to have the email service configured. The exploit does not depend on the target email address to be a real email address. It just needs to be registered to OpenAEV. Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to access sensitive data (such as the Findings section of a simulation), modify payloads executed by deployed agents to compromise all hosts where agents are installed (therefore the Scope is changed). Users should upgrade to version 2.0.13 to receive a fix.