CVE-2024-28143 Insecure Password Change Function
Attackers can take over user accounts by changing passwords without providing the current password, potentially via CSRF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-28143?
CVE-2024-28143 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net, published on 12 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The password change function at /cgi/admin.cgi does not require the current/old password, which makes the application vulnerable to account takeover. An attacker can use this to forcefully set a new password within the -rsetpass+-aaction+- parameter for a user without knowing the old password, e.g. by exploiting a CSRF issue.
Weakness: CWE-620
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28143?
How do I fix CVE-2024-28143?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28143 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-2024-28143 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28143 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-224h-vf26-wvfw.