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CVE-2021-36804

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36804 is a password reset spoofing vulnerability affecting Akaunting versions 2.1.12 and earlier, allowing an attacker to reset a user's password if their email is known. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of user accounts. While the root cause lies in default Laravel framework configurations for multi-tenant applications, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:akaunting:akaunting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.12, <= 2.1.12CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:akaunting:akaunting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: akaunting/akauntingFixed in: 2.1.13
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-246r-r2wf-frhxhigh

Malicious password-reset in Akaunting

Sep 1, 2021

References

github.com / laravel/laravel/pull/5477
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
laravel-enlightn.com / docs/security/host-injection-analyzer.html
Third Party Advisory
rapid7.com / blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed
ExploitThird Party Advisory