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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25957 (CVE-2021-25957)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2021-08-17 15:15 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:04 – Source website

Details

In “Dolibarr” application, v2.8.1 to v13.0.2 are vulnerable to account takeover via password reset functionality. A low privileged attacker can reset the password of any user in the application using the password reset link the user received through email when requested for a forgotten password.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25957	REPORT
	https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability…	REPORT
	https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/commit/87f95…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25957	REPORT

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CVE-2021-25957 (GCVE-0-2021-25957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-17 14:13 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:51

Title

Account Takeover in "Dolibarr" via Password Reset Functionality

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Assigner

Mend

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/commit/87f95…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Dolibarr	dolibarr	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 13.0.2 (custom)

Credits

Hagai Wechsler

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