GHSA-cq6m-74r4-x77g CVE-2015-5172
Cloud Foundry Runtime has Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
- Severity
- 9.8 / 10
- Critical · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 1.17%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 67.34% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
- Fix
2.5.2- Upgrade org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server to this version or later
Description
Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to expire password reset links.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server | < 2.5.2 |
2.5.2 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server Maven → 2.5.2
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.cloudfoundry.identity</groupId><artifactId>cloudfoundry-identity-server</artifactId><version>2.5.2</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server:2.5.2")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Make sure that all input supplied by the user to the password recovery mechanism is thoroughly filtered and validated.
- Architecture and Design: Do not use standard weak security questions and use several security questions.
- Architecture and Design: Make sure that there is throttling on the number of incorrect answers to a security question. Disable the password recovery functionality after a certain (small) number of incorrect guesses.
- Architecture and Design: Require that the user properly answers the security question prior to resetting their password and sending the new password to the e-mail address of record.
- Architecture and Design: Never allow the user to control what e-mail address the new password will be sent to in the password recovery mechanism.
- Architecture and Design: Assign a new temporary password rather than revealing the original password.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6wcw-r64p-qrrw Cloudfoundry UAA has logic error in the token revocation endpoint implementation | Medium | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-xg5v-696h-c3vr Cloud Foundry UAA SessionID present in Audit Event Logs | High | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-xh4m-99qp-w483 Cloud Foundry UAA open redirect | Medium | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-rc2r-w8jv-vggp Cloud Foundry vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation | Medium | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-r4v8-9hgx-vm6m Cloud Foundry UAA accepts refresh token as access token on admin endpoints | High | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-292x-hjr8-226f Cloud Foundry UAA Privilege Escalation | High | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-j97q-9xp9-g5fx Pivotal Cloud Foundry UAA XSS on UAA OpenID Connect check session iframe endpoint | Medium | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
| GHSA-j4p3-2m2h-cv5f Cloud Foundry UAA Denial of Service through client token revocation endpoint | Medium | Also affects org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server |
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