# CVE-2024-45298: Disabled user can bypass lockout by requesting password reset in wiki.js

> Disabled users can regain access to Wiki.js by abusing the password reset function, bypassing account restrictions.

- **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:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vwww-c5vg-xgfc

## What is CVE-2024-45298?

CVE-2024-45298 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in requarks wiki, published on 18 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Wiki.js is an open source wiki app built on Node.js. A disabled user can still gain access to a wiki by abusing the password reset function. While setting up SMTP e-mail's on my server, I tested said e-mails by performing a password reset with my test user. To my shock, not only did it let me reset my password, but after resetting my password I can get into the wiki I was locked out of. The ramifications of this bug is a user can **bypass an account disabling by requesting their password be reset**.  All users of wiki.js version `2.5.303` who use any account restrictions and have disabled user are affected. This issue has been addressed in version 2.5.304 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-670 (Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45298?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-45298?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45298 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45298 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45298 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45298 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in requarks wiki, published on 18 Sep 2024. 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-2024-45298 exists.

Affected product: requarks wiki. 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-2024-45298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45298/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45298

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45298/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.