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Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

CVE-2018-10081

Severity High
Score 9.8/10

Summary

CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) through 2.2.6 contains an admin password reset vulnerability because data values are improperly compared, as demonstrated by a hash beginning with the "0e" substring.

  • 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