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Predictable password reset token may lead to account takeover

High
ar2rsawseen published GHSA-98vh-wqw5-p23v May 17, 2022

Package

countly-server (Custom installation)

Affected versions

< 22.03.7, < 21.11.4

Patched versions

>= 22.03.7, >= 21.11.4

Description

Impact

If the malicious actor knows the account email address/username and full name specified in the database, it drastically increases the chances of guessing the password reset token. Which upon resetting the password allows an account takeover.

Patches

The problem has been patched in Countly Server version 22.03.7 for new UI servers. And in 21.11.4 for old UI servers

Workarounds

Here is the committed fix: 2bfa1ee

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Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2022-29174

Weaknesses

No CWEs

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