CVE-2021-36804
MEDIUMAkaunting < 2.1.13 - Password Reset Spoofing via Proxy Header Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a password reset spoofing vulnerability, wherein an attacker can proxy password reset requests through a running Akaunting instance, if that attacker knows the target's e-mail address. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product. Please note that this issue is ultimately caused by the defaults provided by the Laravel framework, specifically how proxy headers are handled with respect to multi-tenant implementations. In other words, while this is not technically a vulnerability in Laravel, this default configuration is very likely to lead to practically identical identical vulnerabilities in Laravel projects that implement multi-tenant applications.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.laravel-enlightn.com/docs/security/host-injection-analyzer.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/laravel/laravel/pull/5477
Scores
CVSS v3
5.4
EPSS
0.0096
EPSS Percentile
56.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-640
Status
published
Products (2)
akaunting/akaunting
< 2.1.13
akaunting/akaunting
0 - 2.1.13Packagist
Published
Aug 04, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026