What is CVE-2023-49097?

CVE-2023-49097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zitadel, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-49097?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zitadel

CVE-2023-49097

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Zitadel — versions >= 2.39.0, < 2.39.9, >= 2.40.0, < 2.40.10, >= 2.41.0, < 2.41.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49097?: CVE-2023-49097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zitadel, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2023-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-49097?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.