033 – Password change without identity check
Description
The system allows a user to change their password without requesting the previous one or enforcing another identity verification mechanism.
Impact
Gain total control over a user account.
Recommendation
- Guarantee that the current password is needed when a password change is requested by users. - Use a second authentication mechanism to ensure the password change is performed by the account owner.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: L
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): N
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X