password reset email spamming
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ownCloud
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xifengweiyu
Vulnerability Details
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**Description:**
The email API `https://yoursite/index.php/login?user=admin` to reset password is unlimited and can be used as a email bomb
vuln address:`https://yoursite/index.php/lostpassword/email`
**Reproduce steps:(use demo.owncloud.org as example)**
1.`https://demo.owncloud.org/index.php/login` has a default user `admin`
2.then I try to visit `https://demo.owncloud.org/index.php/login`,then I try to login it using `username:admin || password:xxxxx`(password can be any wrong passwords)
3.Then owncloud will prompt you to reset password,if you click it,admin's email box will receive an email.
4.So I can use chrome console network panel to `replay XHR` continuously,then `admin's email box` receive many email.
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State
Closed
Substate
Not-Applicable
Submitted
Weakness
Improper Access Control - Generic