6.5

CVE-2021-42000: ping identity pingfederate Improper Authorization

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 10-02-2022Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-42000 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Authorization vulnerability in ping identity pingfederate. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When a password reset or password change flow with an authentication policy is configured and the adapter in the reset or change policy supports multiple parallel reset flows, an existing user can reset another existing users password.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.53% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ping identity1 product
  • pingfederate≥ 9.3.3-P15, < 9.3.0* | ≥ 10.0.11, < 10.0.0* | ≥ 10.1.8, < 10.1.0* | ≥ 10.2.6, < 10.2.0* | ≥ 10.3.2, < 10.3.0*
Pingidentity1 product
  • pingfederate≤ 9.3.0 | ≥ 10.0.0, ≤ 10.0.11 | ≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.8 | ≥ 10.2.0, ≤ 10.2.6 | ≥ 10.3.0, ≤ 10.3.2 | 9.3.3 | 9.3.3:p15

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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