What is CVE-2020-25728?

CVE-2020-25728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Alfresco Reset Password, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-25728?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Alfresco Reset Password

CVE-2020-25728

The Reset Password add-on before 1.2.0 for Alfresco has a broken algorithm (involving an increment) that allows a malicious user to change any user's account password include the admin account.

EPSS: 0.010 (59.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Alfresco Reset_password
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25728?: CVE-2020-25728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Alfresco Reset Password, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-25728?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.