Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Dolibarr versions 2.8.1 through 13.0.2 have a password-reset flaw that can let a low-privileged user take over other accounts. For businesses using Dolibarr for ERP or CRM workflows, this can expose sensitive records and enable unauthorized business changes.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority remediation if Dolibarr is used for business operations. Account takeover can lead directly to data exposure, fraud, or operational disruption, even without administrator access.
Technical view
The issue is categorized as CWE-640, weak password recovery mechanism. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8, with network access, low privileges, no user interaction, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The provided sources reference an upstream Dolibarr commit but do not include detailed fixed-version guidance.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Dolibarr versions 2.8.1 through 13.0.2, especially internet-accessible or broadly reachable deployments with user self-service password reset enabled.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The described attack requires a low-privileged account and abuses password-reset behavior, so insider, compromised-user, or registered-user scenarios matter.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports the vulnerability class, affected range, CVSS score, and upstream code reference. The bundle does not provide exploit-in-the-wild evidence, detailed exploit prerequisites beyond low privileges, or complete fixed-release notes.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Dolibarr instances and identify versions in the affected 2.8.1 through 13.0.2 range.
- Upgrade affected deployments to a vendor-supported release outside the affected range, following Dolibarr guidance.
- Review the referenced upstream commit before any backport decision.
- Temporarily restrict password-reset access if immediate upgrading is not possible.
- Review recent password-reset and account-change activity for suspicious patterns.
Validation and detection
- Confirm production and staging Dolibarr versions are not in the affected range.
- Verify password-reset behavior with authorized test accounts after remediation.
- Check logs for unexpected password resets, privilege changes, or account email changes.
- Confirm monitoring alerts on administrative account resets and login anomalies.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/commit/87f9530272925f0d651f59337a35661faeb6f377CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25957CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.