[OFBIZ-4361] Any ecommerce user has the ability to reset anothers password (including admin) via "Forget Your Password"

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Release Branch 11.04, Release Branch 13.07, Release Branch 14.12, Release Branch 15.12, Release Branch 16.11, Release Branch 17.12, Trunk
• Fix Version/s: 18.12.01
• Component/s: framework
• Labels: security

Environment

Ubuntu and others

• Sprint: Bug Crush Event - 21/2/2015
• Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
• Reporter: mz4wheeler
• Created: 05/Aug/11 02:29
• Updated: 11/Jan/22 09:36
• Resolved: 15/Mar/20 15:27

Description

Currently, any user (via ecommerce "Forget Your Password") has the ability to reset another users password, including "admin" without permission. By simply entering "admin" and clicking "Email Password", the following is displayed.

The following occurred:
A new password has been created and sent to you. Please check your Email.

This now forces the user of the ERP to change their password. It is also possible to generate a dictionary attack against ofbiz because there is no capta code required. This is serious security risk.

This feature could be reduced to a certain sub-set of users, whose login name is optionally in the format of an email address, and maybe require a capta code to prevent dictionary attacks.

For example, limit the feature to role "Customer" of type "Person" which was generated via an ecommerce transaction.

Issue Links

• is related to: OFBIZ-4983 New feature to reclaim a user account - Using Security Questions
• requires: OFBIZ-11229 Merge UrlRegexpTransform and OfbizUrlTransform classes