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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43498

An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-43498

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Apr 2022, 19:15 UTC

An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set.

osv:CVE-2021-43498
Complete source record
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  "id": "f18d2236e18460373fe4014026c537695385451a6fd47733f7e0934a8e24a5ab",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43498",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-43498",
    "summary": "An Access Control vulnerability exists in ATutor 2.2.4 in password_reminder.php when the g, id, h, form_password_hidden, and form_change HTTP POST parameters are set.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43498",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-43498"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/atutor/atutor",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "57f990d1a31b234a7c68bf70c40386565bc449e2"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "57f990d1a31b234a7c68bf70c40386565bc449e2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:atutor:atutor:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.2.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.2.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.2.4",
            "atutor_2_2_4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-43498.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:08.339280437Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/atutor/ATutor/blob/master/password_reminder.php",
        "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157563/ATutor-LMS-2.2.4-Weak-Password-Reset-Hash.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-43498",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384892,
  "published_at": "2022-04-08T19:15:07.73+00:00"
}