CVE-2025-53373: Natours has a 1 Click Account take over on reset password via Host Header injection

Severity: high (CVSS 8.9 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-640

Description

Natours is a Tour Booking API. The attacker can easily take over any victim account by injecting an attacker-controlled server domain in the Host header when requesting the /forgetpassword endpoint. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 7401793a8d9ed0f0c250c4e0ee2815d685d7a70b.

Affected products

ahmed-elgaml11 Natours: before 7401793a8d9ed0f0c250c4e0ee2815d685d7a70b

References

https://github.com/ahmed-elgaml11/Natours/commit/7401793a8d9ed0f0c250c4e0ee2815d685d7a70b
https://github.com/ahmed-elgaml11/Natours/security/advisories/GHSA-8gmw-7p75-58qv

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