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TI-2024-10863 Aliases CVE-2024-11717GHSA-9w6g-7jpw-87hf

Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used…

Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-1391Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Tokens in CTFd used for account activation and password resetting can be used interchangeably for these operations. When used, they are sent to the server as a GET parameter and they are not single use, which means, that during token expiration time an on-path attacker might reuse such a token to change user's password and take over the account. Moreover, the tokens also include base64 encoded user email. This issue impacts releases up to 3.7.4 and was addressed by pull request 2679 https://github.com/CTFd/CTFd/pull/2679  included in 3.7.5 release.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0068 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

No affected products listed by the sources yet.

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    CTFd — blog.ctfd.io/ctfd-3-7-5

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2024-10862 While assignment of a user to a team (bracket) in CTFd should be possible only once, at…Priority MEDIUM 57
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11717
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9w6g-7jpw-87hf
  3. 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-10862 While assignment of a user to a team (bracket) in CTFd should be possible only once, at… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-05852 Incorrect username validation in the registration process of CTFd v2.0.0 - v2.2.2 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-84368 Information disclosure in CTFd team list API exposes hidden fields CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2020-04346 session fixation in rCTF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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