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rate limit password resets #13813

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Findus23 opened this issue Dec 8, 2018 · 0 comments · Fixed by #13934
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rate limit password resets #13813

Findus23 opened this issue Dec 8, 2018 · 0 comments · Fixed by #13934
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c: Security For issues that make Matomo more secure. Please report issues through HackerOne and not in Github. c: Usability For issues that let users achieve a defined goal more effectively or efficiently.
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Findus23 commented Dec 8, 2018

See also #13472 (comment)
followup to #13472 and #2888

Currently everyone can request an unlimited number of password requests which causes an unlimited amount of password reset emails which causes a mess in the inbox, overloads mailservers and may make it possible to let an attacker trick the user in accepting this request (#11071)

@Findus23 Findus23 added c: Security For issues that make Matomo more secure. Please report issues through HackerOne and not in Github. c: Usability For issues that let users achieve a defined goal more effectively or efficiently. labels Dec 8, 2018
@sgiehl sgiehl self-assigned this Jan 6, 2019
@mattab mattab added this to the 3.9.0 milestone Jan 14, 2019
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 3.9.0, 3.10.0 Mar 18, 2019
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: 3.10.0, 3.11.0 May 21, 2019
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