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1 vulnerability found for Cap-go by Cap-go
CVE-2026-53981 (GCVE-0-2026-53981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 15:42 – Updated: 2026-06-12 17:24
VLAI?
Title
Cap-go < v12.128.2 Account Takeover via Unauthenticated Email Change Mechanism
Summary
Cap-go prior to 12.128.2 contains an account takeover vulnerability in its email change mechanism that allows an attacker with temporary authenticated session access to change the registered email address without re-authentication such as password or MFA verification. Attackers can redirect verification to an attacker-controlled email address and subsequently perform a password reset to permanently take over the victim's account.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
Credits
Naitik Gupta
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