Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, the default password reset mechanism generates tokens using sha1($email) with no random component, no expiration, and no rate limiting. An attacker who knows a user's email can compute the reset token and change the victim's password without authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3.
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Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, the default password reset mechanism generates tokens using sha1($email) with no random component, no expiration, and no rate limiting. An attacker who knows a user's email can compute the reset token and change the victim's password without authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3. | |
| Title | Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in chamilo/chamilo-lms | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-640 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-10T18:52:54.097Z
Reserved: 2026-03-23T17:06:05.747Z
Link: CVE-2026-33707
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-10T19:16:23.950
Modified: 2026-04-10T19:16:23.950
Link: CVE-2026-33707
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