EmpowerID before 7.205.0.1 allows an attacker to bypass an MFA (multi factor…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
EmpowerID before 7.205.0.1 allows an attacker to bypass an MFA (multi factor authentication) requirement if the first factor (username and password) is known, because the first factor is sufficient to change an account's email address, and the product would then send MFA codes to the new email address (which may be attacker-controlled). NOTE: this is different from CVE-2023-4177, which claims to be about "some unknown processing of the component Multi-Factor Authentication Code Handler" and thus cannot be correlated with other vulnerability information.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40260
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jcr-7x3f-ch35
- 2026-10-29 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Empowerid vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-03866 EmpowerID Multi-Factor Authentication Code information disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
Sources
- CVE-2023-40260 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-40260 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9jcr-7x3f-ch35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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