CVE-2024-11717CWE-1391CWE-837

Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used interchangeably for these operations

Medium · published January 2, 2025

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used interchangeably for these operations. When used, they are sent to the server as a GET parameter and they are not single use, which means, that during token expiration time an on-path attacker might reuse such a token to change user's password and take over the account. Moreover, the tokens also include base64 encoded user email.

This issue impacts releases up to 3.7.4 and was addressed by pull request 2679 https://github.com/CTFd/CTFd/pull/2679  included in 3.7.5 release.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00680 · 51.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1391 · Use of Weak Credentials; CWE-837 · Improper Enforcement of a Single, Unique Action
Published
2025-01-02T16:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JAN 16:08Z
    Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used interchangeably for these operations
    cvelistv5