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FantasyTote · Report #147182

No email verification required when we change email from settings

Validstatus
13upvotes
23 Jul 2016disclosed

How it was found

Hey, this is Ahsan Tahir!

Issue:

When we try to signup with an email, it asks us for clicking a email validation link which is sent to our email, then we have to login, without clicking that link, we cannot login, but when we change email from user settings page/edit settings page, it doesn't asks us for validation..

Impact:

For example, a user creates an account with his email ([email protected]) and verifies it using the link which has been sent to his email, as he/she have access to [email protected], but next he goes to settings and in email change mechanism, he can put any email like ([email protected]) and no verification is required, and the user can login with that email and access his account with the email [email protected], and do some abusive or not good activities and the company will be blamed!

Steps To Reproduce:-

  1. Go to sign up form.
  2. Enter Any Email.
  3. Create account
  • The Account will be activated with any email verification!

How to fix?

Email verification/validation should be required when a user changed email from user settings page..

I hope you'll fix it soon. :-)

Thanks, Ahsan Tahir

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