lambdalisue/django-inspectional-registration

Leaking of password reset token through the reset url

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#80 opened on Jun 7, 2017

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Description

I think it is possible to leak the password reset token since it is left in the url. In Django 1.11 the token is stripped during a redirect (docs, code) to prevent the token from being taken in the referrer header from 3rd party apps on the page. I haven't dug too deeply into the source for this project but at a first glance it seems that the vulnerability exists. If this is the case would be happy to help fix similar to django-registration-redux, or at the very least alert you to the issue. Let me know if you guys need any help!

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Examine the password reset view to ensure the token is stripped from the URL after redirect, following Django's 1.11 fix pattern.
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python
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backendsecurityauthentication
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Clear
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PythonDjango
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80