High
Security advisory
The "lost password" functionality in b2evolution before 6.7.9 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary user passwords via a crafted request.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-9479
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The "lost password" functionality in b2evolution before 6.7.9 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary user passwords via a crafted request.
osv:CVE-2016-9479
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:29.876083533Z",
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"references": [
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