# CVE-2023-5296: Xinhu RockOA Password password recovery

> Attackers can bypass password recovery mechanisms in Xinhu RockOA to potentially take over user accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 29 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jqc3-44qx-cq87

## What is CVE-2023-5296?

CVE-2023-5296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xinhu RockOA, published on 29 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Xinhu RockOA 1.1/2.3.2/15.X3amdi and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file api.php?m=reimplat&a=index of the component Password Handler. The manipulation leads to weak password recovery. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240926 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5296?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockoa Rockoa.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5296?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5296 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5296 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5296 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Xinhu RockOA

- [CVE-2025-63742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63742/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-49363](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49363/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-18713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-18713/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-18714](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-18714/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-18716](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-18716/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xinhu RockOA, published on 29 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5296 exists.

Affected product: Xinhu RockOA. 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-2023-5296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5296

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5296/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.