CVE-2023-49097CWE-640

ZITADEL vulnerable account takeover via malicious host header injection

High · published November 30, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system. ZITADEL uses the notification triggering requests Forwarded or X-Forwarded-Host header to build the button link sent in emails for confirming a password reset with the emailed code. If this header is overwritten and a user clicks the link to a malicious site in the email, the secret code can be retrieved and used to reset the users password and take over his account. Accounts with MFA or Passwordless enabled can not be taken over by this attack. This issue has been patched in versions 2.41.6, 2.40.10 and 2.39.9.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00767 · 55.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-640 · Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Published
2023-11-30T04:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 NOV 04:45Z
    ZITADEL vulnerable account takeover via malicious host header injection
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