Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
CVE-2021-27654
Summary
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- 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
