# CVE-2024-6056: nasirkhan Laravel Starter Password Reset forgot-password observable response discrepancy

> Attackers can enumerate valid user emails via response discrepancies in the password reset handler of Laravel Starter.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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:** 17 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7w82-8h79-m4wp

## What is CVE-2024-6056?

CVE-2024-6056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nasirkhan Laravel Starter, published on 17 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in nasirkhan Laravel Starter up to 11.8.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /forgot-password of the component Password Reset Handler. The manipulation of the argument Email leads to observable response discrepancy. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-268784. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), CWE-204 (Observable Response Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6056?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nasirkhan Laravel Starter.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6056?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6056 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6056 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6056 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6056 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nasirkhan Laravel Starter, published on 17 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6056 exists.

Affected product: nasirkhan Laravel Starter. 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-2024-6056/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6056/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6056
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6056
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6056

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6056/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.