Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-15689 EUVD-2026-59758GHSA-gmj3-5xfg-q3qg

Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::Extensible versions through 0.713 for Perl allow password reset link poisoning via the request Host header in _default_email_password_reset and _default_welcome_send

Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::Extensible versions through 0.713 for Perl allow password reset link poisoning via the request Host header in _default_email_password_reset and _default_welcome_send.

Both default emails emit a link of the form `$base/login/$code`, whose authority comes from the request Host header, or from X-Forwarded-Host under behind_proxy (obtained from Dancer2's request->base function). A POST to /login carrying submit_reset and a username needs no authentication: it stores a fresh reset code against that account and mails the account holder a link to a host of the sender's choosing. The welcome mail takes the same path when the application calls create_user with email_welcome set.

Through 0.711 the handlers read `request->uri_base` and `request->base` directly; Versions 0.712 and later provide an uri_base configuration key that defaults to the untrusted `request->uri_base` when unset.

The default configuration with reset_password_handler enabled and the default message text, a recipient who follows the link hands a working reset code to the sender's host, which is enough to take over the account.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ABEVERLEY Dancer2::Plugin::Auth::Extensible ≤ 0.713 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-Dancer2-Plugin-Auth-Extensible 0.713.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11564-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-Dancer2-Plugin-Auth-Extensible 0.714.0-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22190-1

Advisories 2

References