CVE-2023-40260

Description

EmpowerID before 7.205.0.1 allows an attacker to bypass an MFA (multi factor authentication) requirement if the first factor (username and password) is known, because the first factor is sufficient to change an account's email address, and the product would then send MFA codes to the new email address (which may be attacker-controlled). NOTE: this is different from CVE-2023-4177, which claims to be about "some unknown processing of the component Multi-Factor Authentication Code Handler" and thus cannot be correlated with other vulnerability information.

Category

9.1
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.06%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/3 third party advisory mailing list
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40260

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-40260?
CVE-2023-40260 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-40260?
To fix CVE-2023-40260, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-40260 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-40260 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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