CVE-2023-40260 Auth bypass in n/a
Attackers can bypass MFA by changing the account email address using only the password, allowing them to receive MFA codes and take over accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40260?
CVE-2023-40260 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40260?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Empowerid Empowerid.
How do I fix CVE-2023-40260?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2023-40260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jcr-7x3f-ch35.