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Forgot Password Cheat Sheet - OWASP - 0 views

  • Forgot Password Cheat Sheet
  • no industry standard for implementing a Forgot Password feature
  • Step 1) Gather Identity Data or Security Questions
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  • asks the user for multiple pieces of hard data that should have been
  • previously collected
  • send the password reset information to some
  • out-of-band side-channel
  • such as a (possibly different) email address or an SMS text number, etc. to be used in Step 3.
  • Step 2) Verify Security Questions
  • application verifies that each piece of data is correct for the given username
  • If anything is incorrect, or if the username is not recognized, the second page displays a generic error message such as “Sorry, invalid data”. If all submitted data is correct, Step 2 should display at least two of the user’s pre-established personal security questions, along with input fields for the answers.
  • Avoid sending the username as a parameter
  • Do not provide a drop-down list
  • server-side session
  • user's email account may have already been compromised
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