CVE-2021-31646
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote...
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-31646- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-31646- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18534 No score
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force attack.
- Record
EUVD-2021-18534- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-whcv-8x9m-33fh No score
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote...
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force attack.
- Record
GHSA-whcv-8x9m-33fh- Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-31646 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gestsup, published April 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.