Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-53373Natours has a 1 Click Account take over on reset password via Host Header injection

High 8.9

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Natours from ahmed-elgaml11. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.9High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Natours is a Tour Booking API. The attacker can easily take over any victim account by injecting an attacker-controlled server domain in the Host header when requesting the /forgetpassword endpoint. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 7401793a8d9ed0f0c250c4e0ee2815d685d7a70b.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ahmed-elgaml11 Natours < 7401793a8d9ed0f0c250c4e0ee2815d685d7a70b

Weakness: CWE-640 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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