High

Injection in UserFrosting

  • Disclosed: 06.01.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

In Userfrosting, versions v0.3.1 to v4.6.2 are vulnerable to Host Header Injection. By luring a victim application user to click on a link, an unauthenticated attacker can use the “forgot password” functionality to reset the victim’s password and successfully take over their account.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package userfrosting/userfrosting >= 0.3.1, < 4.6.3 4.6.3

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74
Platform
Composer
Package
userfrosting/userfrosting
Disclosed
06.01.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-cv25-3gmg-c6m8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: userfrosting/userfrosting

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