CVE-2021-43498 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set.

Published: 2022-04-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atutor:atutor:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30429	An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01642.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Atutor Atutor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-04-08T18:06:02.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:29.266Z

Reserved: 2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43498

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-08T19:15:07.730

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:11:02.610

Link: CVE-2021-43498

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-640
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2022-04-08T18:06:02.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2021-43498", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"}, {"name": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T03:55:29.266Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2021-43498", "datePublished": "2022-04-08T18:06:02.000Z", "dateReserved": "2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T03:55:29.266Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:atutor:atutor:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "FD36A316-4F77-4079-A649-9F3328325E67", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de control de acceso en ATutor versi\u00f3n 2.2.4 en el archivo password_reminder.php cuando son establecidos los par\u00e1metros g, id, h, form_password_hidden y form_change HTTP POST"}], "id": "CVE-2021-43498", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:11:02.610", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2022-04-08T19:15:07.730", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-640"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}