Medium severity · published May 2, 2022
CVE-2022-23722
PingFederate Password Reset via Authentication API Mishandling
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When a password reset mechanism is configured to use the Authentication API with an Authentication Policy, email One-Time Password, PingID or SMS authentication, an existing user can reset another existing user’s password.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
PingFederate · Ping Identity
11.0 through 11.0; 10.3 through 10.3.4; 10.2 through 10.2.7; 10.1 through 10.1.9; 10.0 through 10.0.12; 9.3 through 9.3.3P16 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23722
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23722
Release Notes
https://docs.pingidentity.com/bundle/pingfederate-110/page/spk1642790928508.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingfederate.html
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