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CVE-2022-23722 (GCVE-0-2022-23722)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-02 22:05 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:51
VLAI
Title
PingFederate Password Reset via Authentication API Mishandling
Summary
When a password reset mechanism is configured to use the Authentication API with an Authentication Policy, email One-Time Password, PingID or SMS authentication, an existing user can reset another existing user’s password.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ping Identity PingFederate Affected: 11.0 , ≤ 11.0 (custom)
Affected: 10.3 , ≤ 10.3.4 (custom)
Affected: 10.2 , ≤ 10.2.7 (custom)
Affected: 10.1 , ≤ 10.1.9 (custom)
Affected: 10.0 , ≤ 10.0.12 (custom)
Affected: 9.3 , ≤ 9.3.3P16 (custom)
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