Instant Update CMS up to 0.3.2 Password Reset auth.php password recovery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Instant Update CMS up to 0.3.2 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file /iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php of the component Password Reset. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Instant Update CMS contains a Password Reset Vulnerability vulnerability in /iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php that can result in Account Tackover. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v0.3.3.

The bug was discovered 06/22/2018. The weakness was presented 06/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at my.instant-update.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1000501 since 06/22/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 0.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-157224, VDB-157225, VDB-162100 and VDB-192828 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Password recovery
CWE: CWE-640
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Instant Update CMS 0.3.3
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

06/22/2018 🔍
06/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/26/2018 +3 days 🔍
06/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/28/2023 +1735 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 5e70496b6b0c4cd554e62a709a248c1584533da6
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-1000501 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2018 08:28 AM
Updated: 03/28/2023 08:15 PM
Changes: 06/27/2018 08:28 AM (59), 02/22/2020 09:06 AM (1), 03/28/2023 08:15 PM (5)
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