Establish safe recovery

Establish safe recovery

Summary

The system must guarantee that the person performing the password recovery or reset process is actually the owner.

Description

Systems must have mechanisms that enable users to update and recover their passwords while guaranteeing the authenticity of the request. In the case of a password update, the system must request both the new and the old passwords. If the user wants to recover a lost or forgotten password, the system must ascertain the users ownership of the corresponding account.

Supported In

This requirement is verified in following services

Plan Supported
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References

Vulnerabilities

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