CVE-2023-49097
HIGHZITADEL 2.39.0-2.39.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Password Reset Link Manipulation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/security/advisories/GHSA-2wmj-46rj-qm2w
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0077
EPSS Percentile
50.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-640
Status
published
Products (2)
zitadel/zitadel
2.39.0 - 2.39.9
zitadel/zitadel
2.39.0 - 2.39.9Go
Published
Nov 30, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026