# CVE-2021-44839: Business logic in n/a

> Attackers can reset passwords for any user account by sending specific JSON requests to the mail endpoint, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-68f5-49rw-qgq9

## What is CVE-2021-44839?

CVE-2021-44839 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in Delta RM 1.2. It is possible to request a new password for any other account using the account ID. Using the /listes/DTsendmaildata/adm_utilisateur/send-mail.json endpoint, a user can send a JSON array with user IDs that will have their passwords reset (and new ones sent to their respective e-mail addresses).

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44839?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Deltarm Delta Rm.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-44839?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44839 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-44839 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-44837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44837/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2021-44836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44836/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2021-44838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44838/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2021-44840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44840/): Missing authorization in n/a (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44839 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-44839 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44839/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44839/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44839
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44839
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44839

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44839/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.