Any configuration to require previous password when changing pass

Any configuration to require previous password when changing password?

Jakke Korpelainen

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Hey!

We had a security audit and they pointed out that changing an users password doesn't require the current password.

Is there a configuration or such that would enable requiring of the current password when an user is changing a password?

Thanks,

Jakke

#147835

Apr 26, 2016 12:10

Daniel Ovaska

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For editors and admins...no. You can set the new password without the old.

For your other users, that is solution specific and needs to be built by a developer. Normally you have a link to a "change password" function on your profile page. Add an extra field to gui and easiest is to use the membership provider method change password in the backend...

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membershipprovider.changepassword(v=vs.110).aspx

 var ICanHazSuccess = System.Web.Security.Membership.Provider.ChangePassword("Daniel", "oldpass", "newpass");

#147837

Edited, Apr 26, 2016 13:30

Mattias Bomelin

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Hi,

We recently found the same issue in a security audit. It has been reported to the support. I'll keep you posted about the outcome of it.

#147931

Apr 27, 2016 22:55

Jakke Korpelainen

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Thanks for the replies and Mattias for making a ticket for it.

In our case this is would be needed for editors and admins, figured that it would just be some sort of a setting in web.config to enable.

#147939

Apr 28, 2016 11:31

Jakke Korpelainen

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@MattiasBomelin

Hello again! Have you received any news regarding the ticket?

#162063

Oct 10, 2016 8:55

Mattias Bomelin

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Sorry I haven't reported back here. Epi has accepted it as a bug and it's in their todo, no estimate on when it will be implemented though.

#162070

Oct 10, 2016 11:20

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Any configuration to require previous password when changing password?