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CVE-2025-61132 Detail

Description

A Host Header Injection vulnerability in the password reset component in levlaz braindump v0.4.14 allows remote attackers to conduct password reset poisoning and account takeover via manipulation of the Host header when Flask's url_for(_external=True) generates reset links without a fixed SERVER_NAME.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FmkctLdOTGMdy6GgLaTzfxemdVDeiA7J/view?usp=sharing MITRE
https://gist.github.com/BrookeYangRui/94c3bee0c2cbc1ed81a21d4448550c21 MITRE
https://github.com/levlaz/braindump/blob/9640dd03f99851dbd34dd6cac98a747a4a591b01/app/auth/views.py#L131-L148 MITRE
https://github.com/levlaz/braindump/blob/9640dd03f99851dbd34dd6cac98a747a4a591b01/app/templates/auth/email/reset_password.html#L1-L8 MITRE
https://portswigger.net/web-security/host-header/exploiting/password-reset-poisoning MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-620 Unverified Password Change CISA-ADP  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-61132
NVD Published Date:
10/23/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/23/2025
Source:
MITRE