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

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Instant Update CMS up to 0.3.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /iu-application/controllers/administration/auth.php of the component Password Reset. Such manipulation leads to password recovery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1000501. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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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.

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• Content Management System

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• Instant Update CMS

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• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2

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• open-source

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