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Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

CVE-2015-4689

High
9.8/10

Summary

Ellucian (formerly SunGard) Banner Student 8.5.1.2 through 8.7 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords via unspecified vectors, aka "Weak Password Reset."

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

The software contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published