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GHSA-2m5g-8xpw-42vp OpenCFP Framework (Sentry) Account takeover via null password reset codes

HIGH Published 2024-05-15 Modified 2026-07-15 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
cartalyst/sentry
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Reviewed
2024-05-15

Affected packages

• Packagist cartalyst/sentry: < 2.1.7 → fixed in 2.1.7

Description

OpenCFP, an open-source conference talk submission system written in PHP, contains a security vulnerability in its third-party authentication framework, Sentry, developed by Cartalyst. The vulnerability stems from how Sentry handles password reset checks. Users lacking a password reset token stored in the database default to having NULL in the reset_password_code column. Exploiting this flaw could allow unauthorized manipulation of any OpenCFP user's password, particularly those without an unused password reset token. Although successful login still requires correlating the numeric user ID with an email address, the identification of likely organizers (users 1-5) may facilitate this process.

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