CVE-2015-8267

critical

Published 2015-12-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

10.0

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

10.0

Description

The PasswordReset.Controllers.ResetController.ChangePasswordIndex method in PasswordReset.dll in Dovestones AD Self Password Reset before 3.0.4.0 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords via a crafted request with a valid username.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

98%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.dovestones.com/security-vulnerability-in-ad-self-password-reset-v3-0-3-0/

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dovestones	ad_self_password_reset	`{"endIncluding":"3.0.3.0"}`

References

http://www.dovestones.com/security-vulnerability-in-ad-self-password-reset-v3-0-3-0/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79642
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757840
http://www.dovestones.com/security-vulnerability-in-ad-self-password-reset-v3-0-3-0/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79642
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757840

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.