# CVE-2024-47768: Lif Authentication Server Has No Auth Check When Updating Password In Account Recovery

> Attackers can reset user passwords without verification codes if they know the target email, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hmv6-8fg8-7m6f

## What is CVE-2024-47768?

CVE-2024-47768 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Lif-Platforms Lif-Auth-Server, published on 4 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Lif Authentication Server is a server used by Lif to do various tasks regarding Lif accounts. This vulnerability has to do with the account recovery system where there does not appear to be a check to make sure the user has been sent the recovery email and entered the correct code. If the attacker knew the email of the target, they could supply the email and immediately prompt the server to update the password without ever needing the code. This issue has been patched in version 1.7.3.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47768?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lifplatforms Lif Authentication Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47768?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-47768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47768 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47768 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Lif-Platforms Lif-Auth-Server, published on 4 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lif-Platforms Lif-Auth-Server. 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-2024-47768/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47768/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47768
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47768
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47768

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47768/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.