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CVE-2026-40905
LinkAce is a self-hosted archive to collect website links. Prior to 2.5.4, a password reset poisoning vulnerability was identified in the application due to improper trust of user-controlled HTTP headers. The application uses the X-Forwarded-Host header when generating password reset URLs. By manipulating this header during a password reset request, an attacker can inject an attacker-controlled domain into the reset link sent via email. As a result, the victim receives a password reset email con
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"LinkAce","vendor":"Kovah","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 2.5.4"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:450ce03222b95baf904c4cecd1a109bb6441070db87368df5639e72b8d8c17ab · sha256:c5e9f93d4709feff… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:450ce03222b95baf904c4cecd1a109bb6441070db87368df5639e72b8d8c17ab · sha256:c5e9f93d4709feff… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-601","description":"CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:450ce03222b95baf904c4cecd1a109bb6441070db87368df5639e72b8d8c17ab · sha256:c5e9f93d4709feff… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-48wv-jpf4-vjfv","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/Kovah/LinkAce/security/advisories/GHSA-48wv-jpf4-vjfv"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:450ce03222b95baf904c4cecd1a109bb6441070db87368df5639e72b8d8c17ab · sha256:c5e9f93d4709feff… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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