Contao up to 4.13.39 Password Lost session expiration

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A vulnerability has been found in Contao up to 4.13.39 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Password Lost Module. The manipulation leads to session expiration. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-30262. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Contao up to 4.13.39. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Password Lost Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session expiration vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-613. According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization." Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Contao is an open source content management system. Prior to version 4.13.40, when a frontend member changes their password in the personal data or the password lost module, the corresponding remember-me tokens are not removed. If someone compromises an account and is able to get a remember-me token, changing the password would not be enough to reclaim control over the account. Version 4.13.40 contains a fix for the issue. As a workaround, disable "Allow auto login" in the login module.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-30262 since 03/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.13.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• Contao

Version

• 4.13.0
• 4.13.1
• 4.13.2
• 4.13.3
• 4.13.4
• 4.13.5
• 4.13.6
• 4.13.7
• 4.13.8
• 4.13.9
• 4.13.10
• 4.13.11
• 4.13.12
• 4.13.13
• 4.13.14
• 4.13.15
• 4.13.16
• 4.13.17
• 4.13.18
• 4.13.19
• 4.13.20
• 4.13.21
• 4.13.22
• 4.13.23
• 4.13.24
• 4.13.25
• 4.13.26
• 4.13.27
• 4.13.28
• 4.13.29
• 4.13.30
• 4.13.31
• 4.13.32
• 4.13.33
• 4.13.34
• 4.13.35
• 4.13.36
• 4.13.37
• 4.13.38
• 4.13.39

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/contao/contao/

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