cve-2020-5899
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-01 14:01
Modified
2024-08-04 08:47
Severity ?
Summary
In NGINX Controller 3.0.0-3.4.0, recovery code required to change a user's password is transmitted and stored in the database in plain text, which allows an attacker who can intercept the database connection or have read access to the database, to request a password reset using the email address of another registered user then retrieve the recovery code.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25434422Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K25434422Vendor Advisory
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