Description
Known is a social publishing platform. Prior to 1.6.3, a Critical Broken Authentication vulnerability exists in Known 1.6.2 and earlier. The application leaks the password reset token within a hidden HTML input field on the password reset page. This allows any unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the reset token for any user by simply querying the user's email, leading to full Account Takeover (ATO) without requiring access to the victim's email inbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.6.3.
Problem types
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Product status
References
github.com/.../known/security/advisories/GHSA-78wq-6gcv-w28r
github.com/...ommit/8439a0747471559fb1ea9f074b929d390f27e66a
github.com/idno/known/releases/tag/1.6.3