Journyx Unauthenticated Password Reset Bruteforce

published 2024-08-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47879

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

Password reset tokens are generated using an insecure source of randomness. Attackers who know the username of the Journyx installation user can bruteforce the password reset and change the administrator password.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-08)

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

korelogic.com https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2024-007.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Journyx Journyx (jtime)
journyx journyx

Classification

Weakness

CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-334 Small Space of Random Values
CWE-799 Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

korelogic.com /Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2024-007.txt
third-party-advisory, exploit
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/5

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-6890
NVD CVE-2024-6890

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Summary