High severity · published Nov 30, 2023
CVE-2023-49097
ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ZITADEL is an identity infrastructure system. ZITADEL uses the notification triggering requests Forwarded or X-Forwarded-Host header to build the button link sent in emails for confirming a password reset with the emailed code. If this header is overwritten and a user clicks the link to a malicious site in the email, the secret code can be retrieved and used to reset the users password and take over his account. Accounts with MFA or Passwordless enabled can not be taken over by this attack. This issue has been patched in versions 2.41.6, 2.40.10 and 2.39.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZI
Zitadel · Zitadel
2.39.0 before 2.39.9; 2.40.0 before 2.40.10; 2.41.0 before 2.41.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49097
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49097
Exploit
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w
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