Weak password policy

Disclosed: 2014-11-27 21:09:56 By internetwache To irccloud
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Hi there, I noticed that the website does not prevent an user from using this email address as a password. This can lead to some poor password decisions on the clientside. #Steps to reproduce - 1. Create a new account and use the email address as the password. - 2. Reset your password and choose your email address as the password. In both cases, the application does not prevent this decision. To improve the password strength, the application should avoid 1-to-1 usage of personal information as the account password. I'm aware that you're using rate-limiting to prevent brute-force attacks, but in that case it's just a single email/email authentication request. Let me know what you think about it. Best regards, Sebastian
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  • Report ID: 28703
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: informative
  • Upvotes: 2
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