A vulnerability was found in OpenRapid RapidCMS 1.3.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/run-movepass.php. The manipulation of the argument password/password2 leads to weak password recovery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is 4dff387283060961c362d50105ff8da8ea40bcbe. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-237569 was assigned to this vulnerability.
The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapidcms | Openrapid | 1.3.1 (including) | 1.3.1 (including) |
It is common for an application to have a mechanism that provides a means for a user to gain access to their account in the event they forget their password. Very often the password recovery mechanism is weak, which has the effect of making it more likely that it would be possible for a person other than the legitimate system user to gain access to that user’s account. Weak password recovery schemes completely undermine a strong password authentication scheme. This weakness may be that the security question is too easy to guess or find an answer to (e.g. because the question is too common, or the answers can be found using social media). Or there might be an implementation weakness in the password recovery mechanism code that may for instance trick the system into e-mailing the new password to an e-mail account other than that of the user. There might be no throttling done on the rate of password resets so that a legitimate user can be denied service by an attacker if an attacker tries to recover their password in a rapid succession. The system may send the original password to the user rather than generating a new temporary password. In summary, password recovery functionality, if not carefully designed and implemented can often become the system’s weakest link that can be misused in a way that would allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system.