Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, the default password reset mechanism generates tokens using sha1($email) with no random component, no expiration, and no rate limiting. An attacker who knows a user's email can compute the reset token and change the victim's password without authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3.
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Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, the default password reset mechanism generates tokens using sha1($email) with no random component, no expiration, and no rate limiting. An attacker who knows a user's email can compute the reset token and change the victim's password without authentication. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3.
Title Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in chamilo/chamilo-lms
Weaknesses CWE-640
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-04-10T18:52:54.097Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T17:06:05.747Z

Link: CVE-2026-33707

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-10T19:16:23.950

Modified: 2026-04-10T19:16:23.950

Link: CVE-2026-33707

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