Host header poisoning in OpenReception enables account takeover
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
OpenReception appointment booking software before 2.0.0 builds account confirmation links in emails from the request Host header with no allowlist, a weak password recovery mechanism (CWE-640). An unauthenticated attacker can make a pending invitee's confirmation email point to an attacker-controlled host. If the invitee clicks, the attacker obtains the one-time token, confirms the account and registers their own passkey. All released versions through v1.1.0 are affected.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 2.0.0, the account-confirmation link in emails is built from the request Host header, with no allowlist. The unauthenticated POST /api/auth/resend-confirmation rotates a pending invitee's confirmation token and emails a link whose host comes from the request. An attacker who sends one resend-confirmation with Host: attacker.example and a pending invitee's email causes that invitee to receive a confirmation email whose only link points to the attacker. If the invitee clicks, the one-time confirmation token reaches the attacker, who then confirms the account on the real tenant domain and registers a passkey they control, taking over the account before the legitimate invitee ever uses it. All released versions through v1.1.0 are affected; no patched version exists yet. Reaching the app with a spoofed Host depends on the front proxy: the stock Caddy catch-all forwards it, while an operator who configures explicit per-tenant proxy blocks is not affected (see Details 4). The invite path builds links from the trusted tenant.domain (invite/+server.ts:204-210); the resend-confirmation path builds them from the request Host. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-reception | appointment-booking-software | before 2.0.0 | 2.0.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- appointment-booking-software Vendoropen-reception Affected before 2.0.0 Fixed in 2.0.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Version 2.0.0 patches this issue. Upgrade open-reception appointment-booking-software to version 2.0.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA appointment-booking-software (open-reception) Fixed in 2.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-58202
- 2026-10-24 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
Other 3
More open-reception vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-35529 OpenReception vulnerable to unauthenticated staff crypto poisoning that breaks E2E recipient directory CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-35528 OpenReception: WebAuthn passkey injection allows account takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-35526 OpenReception has unauthenticated GLOBAL_ADMIN account creation post-bootstrap CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-35527 OpenReception: Tenant admin self-promotes to GLOBAL_ADMIN CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-35522 OpenReception vulnerable to stored click-triggered XSS via javascript: tenant links rendered into patient-facing footer CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-35521 Information disclosure in open-reception appointment-booking-software CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
Sources
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