CVE-2021-25956: Improper Authentication

August 17, 2021 (updated August 1, 2022)

Admin level users can change other user’s details but fails to validate already existing Login name, while renaming the user “Login”. This leads to complete account takeover of the victim user. This happens since the password gets overwritten for the victim user having a similar login name.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25956

Code Behaviors & Features

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