# CVE-2023-38871: The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password

- Also known as: GHSA-H3QF-V68R-35JG
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-28 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- gugoan/economizzer (Packagist): through 0.9-beta1

## Description

The commit 3730880 (April 2023) and v.0.9-beta1 of gugoan Economizzer has a user enumeration vulnerability in the login and forgot password functionalities. The app reacts differently when a user or email address is valid, and when it's not. This may allow an attacker to determine whether a user or email address is valid, or brute force valid usernames and email addresses.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, gugoan/economizzer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gugoan/economizzer
- https://www.economizzer.org
- https://github.com/dub-flow/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2023-38871

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