CVE-2023-49097

HIGH

ZITADEL 2.39.0-2.39.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Password Reset Link Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

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