High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-43498
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"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"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2022-04-08T19:15:07.73+00:00"
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