{"id":"CVE-2025-71457","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2025-71457"],"related":[],"title":"vtenext: unauthenticated password reset lets attackers take over admin accounts","description":"vtenext 25.02 before 25.02.1 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to change any account password via hub/rpwd.php without token verification. Attackers knowing a valid user_name can send action=change_password to RecoverPwd::displayChangePwd() and log in as administrators lacking two-factor authentication.","summary":"vtenext 25.02 before 25.02.1 has an authentication bypass in hub/rpwd.php that lets anyone change any account's password without a reset token. An attacker who knows a valid username can log in as administrators who do not use two-factor authentication.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["other","php","self-hosted","vtenext"],"not_affected_if":["already-on-25.02.1","endpoint-not-internet-reachable"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed vtenext version in the application's version settings or release files; `25.02` builds below `25.02.1` are in the affected range.\n- Confirm whether `hub/rpwd.php` is reachable from the internet on your instance.","fix":"- vtenext `25.02.1` (fixed release, per the advisory's affected range).","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-04T21:17:40+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-04T21:50:31+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-04T21:50:31+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-04T21:50:31Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- vtenext `25.02.1` (fixed release, per the advisory's affected range).","reach":"internet","title":"vtenext: unauthenticated password reset lets attackers take over admin accounts","impact":"high","summary":"vtenext 25.02 before 25.02.1 has an authentication bypass in hub/rpwd.php that lets anyone change any account's password without a reset token. An attacker who knows a valid username can log in as administrators who do not use two-factor authentication.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["vtenext","self-hosted","php"],"confidence":0.8,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"attacker takes over any account, including administrators, and reads or changes data","analyst_note":"Confirm the affected version range against the vendor's own advisory; sources cite only NVD and a VulnCheck advisory.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed vtenext version in the application's version settings or release files; `25.02` builds below `25.02.1` are in the affected range.\n- Confirm whether `hub/rpwd.php` is reachable from the internet on your instance.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["already-on-25.02.1","endpoint-not-internet-reachable"],"who_is_affected":"Self-hosted vtenext CRM instances running 25.02 before 25.02.1 that expose the hub/rpwd.php endpoint. Instances behind a network restriction or already on 25.02.1 are not exposed. Admin accounts without two-factor authentication are the easiest targets.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"critical"},"cost_usd":0.000709,"input_tokens":4171,"output_tokens":584,"severity_before":"critical"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2025':12A,15A '-71457':13A,16A '25.02':24B,66C '25.02.1':26B,68C 'account':10A,38B,81C 'action':96C 'admin':9A 'administr':56B,106C 'allow':75C 'anyon':35B 'attack':6A,46B,77C,88C 'authent':29B,64B,71C,111C 'bypass':30B,72C 'chang':36B,79C,97C 'contain':69C 'cve':11A,14A 'displaychangepwd':101C 'factor':63B,110C 'host':21B 'hub/rpwd.php':32B,84C 'know':48B,89C 'lack':107C 'let':5A,34B 'log':53B,103C 'name':93C 'password':3A,40B,82C,98C 'php':18B 'recoverpwd':100C 'reset':4A,43B 'self':20B 'self-host':19B 'send':95C 'take':7A 'token':44B,86C 'two':62B,109C 'two-factor':61B,108C 'unauthent':2A,76C 'use':60B 'user':92C 'usernam':51B 'valid':50B,91C 'verif':87C 'via':83C 'vtenext':1A,22B,23B,65C 'vulner':73C 'without':41B,85C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Self-hosted vtenext CRM instances running 25.02 before 25.02.1 that expose the hub/rpwd.php endpoint. Instances behind a network restriction or already on 25.02.1 are not exposed. Admin accounts without two-factor authentication are the easiest targets.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["critical","other","php","selfhosted","vtenext"],"campaign_type":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-04T21:17:40+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2025-71457","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71457","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-04T21:17:40+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-04T21:17:40+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-04T21:49:16+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[{"id":70606,"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vtenext-25.02-before-25.02.1-unverified-password-change-via-hub-rpwd-php","title":"Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com","kind":"advisory","source":"nvd","publisher":"research","text":null,"published_at":null,"relation":"advisory","confidence":null,"note":"Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com"}],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. 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