Vulnerability in Akaunting
CVE-2021-36804
Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a password reset spoofing vulnerability, wherein an attacker can proxy password reset requests through a running Akaunting instance, if that attacker knows the target's e-mail address. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product. Please note that this issue is ultimately caused by the defaults provided by the Laravel framework, specifically how proxy headers are handled with respect to multi-tenant implementations. In other words, while this is not technically a vulnerability in Laravel, this default configuration is very likely to lead to practically identical identical vulnerabilities in Laravel projects that implement multi-tenant applications.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Akaunting — versions 2.1.12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilitie… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.laravel-enlightn.com/docs/security/host-injection-analyzer.html (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/5477 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-36804?
- CVE-2021-36804 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-08-04.
- How severe is CVE-2021-36804?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.