CVE-2026-24443 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) affecting EventSentry versions prior to 6.0.1.20. It allows an attacker with temporary access to an authenticated user session in the Web Reports interface to change an account password without knowing the current credentials. This unverified password change mechanism can lead to persistent account takeover and potential privilege escalation if administrative accounts are compromised. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.0.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netikus:eventsentry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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