CVE-2023-36487
Published: 29 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-36487 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Ilias Ilias. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-40436
Vulnerability details
The password reset function in ILIAS 7.0_beta1 through 7.20 and 8.0_beta1 through 8.1 allows remote attackers to take over the account.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.