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CVE-2026-48117
DroneAware is a drone detection platform. The centralized DroneAware server backing droneaware.io was vulnerable to an account pre-hijacking attack in which an attacker could register an account using a victim's email address with an attacker-controlled password before the victim completed account activation. When the legitimate owner later activated the account, either by clicking the email verification link or by logging in via Google SSO, the attacker-set password became fully valid, enabling
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-302","description":"CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"DroneAware-Node-Releases","vendor":"fduflyer","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< server-2026-05-20"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-302","description":"CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/fduflyer/DroneAware-Node-Releases/security/advisories/GHSA-h243-pmjf-chcj","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/fduflyer/DroneAware-Node-Releases/security/advisories/GHSA-h243-pmjf-chcj"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/fduflyer/DroneAware-Node-Releases/security/advisories/GHSA-h243-pmjf-chcj"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b2abc559491b4b66fb49706626414f75164eafcf5ddd2be13e808f7120b9eb54 · sha256:b6a5ede892f64a65… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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