CVE-2023-49097 ZITADEL vulnerable account takeover via malicious host header injection

2023-11-3004:45:49

CWE-640

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zitadel

account takeover

host header injection

cve-2023-49097

notification triggering requests

password reset

malicious site

secret code

mfa

passwordless

patch

versions 2.41.6

2.40.10

2.39.9

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

AI Score

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

37.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "zitadel",
    "product": "zitadel",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": ">= 2.39.0, < 2.39.9",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": ">= 2.40.0, < 2.40.10",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": ">= 2.41.0, < 2.41.6",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]