Reddit · Report #1815463
oauth misconfigration lead to account takeover
Informativestatus
11upvotes
18 May 2023disclosed
How it was found
Summary:
misconfigration in aouth 2.0 login with google account in "accounts.reddit.com"
Impact:
misconfigration leads to account takeover
Steps To Reproduce:
- go to "https://accounts.reddit.com/".
- and login with your google account.
- after login, logout from your account.
- after logout go to "https://accounts.reddit.com/account/register/" and register with email you signed in before in google account oauth.
- as like you see it's created a new account
- [attachment / reference]
Impact
attacker can login with any user's email thats lead to account takeover