Contao up to 3.5.38/4.7.2 Password Recovery password recovery

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Contao up to 3.5.38/4.7.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Password Recovery. Such manipulation leads to password recovery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-10641. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Contao up to 3.5.38/4.7.2. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Password Recovery. 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:

Contao before 3.5.39 and 4.x before 4.7.3 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password.

The bug was discovered 04/09/2019. The weakness was shared 04/17/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at contao.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-10641 since 03/29/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/30/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.5.39 or 4.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-133780, VDB-133785 and VDB-133786 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Contao

Version

• 3.5.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 3.5.12
• 3.5.13
• 3.5.14
• 3.5.15
• 3.5.16
• 3.5.17
• 3.5.18
• 3.5.19
• 3.5.20
• 3.5.21
• 3.5.22
• 3.5.23
• 3.5.24
• 3.5.25
• 3.5.26
• 3.5.27
• 3.5.28
• 3.5.29
• 3.5.30
• 3.5.31
• 3.5.32
• 3.5.33
• 3.5.34
• 3.5.35
• 3.5.36
• 3.5.37
• 3.5.38
• 4.7.0
• 4.7.1
• 4.7.2

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