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CVE-2019-18818

critical

Description

strapi before 3.0.0-beta.17.5 mishandles password resets within packages/strapi-admin/controllers/Auth.js and packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js.

References

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1311

https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.17.5

https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/4443

https://github.com/Hackhoven/Strapi-RCE

https://github.com/hadrian3689/strapi_cms_3.0.0-beta.17.7

https://github.com/glowbase/CVE-2019-19609

https://github.com/Shadawks/Strapi-CVE-2019-1881

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-0783

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165896/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Privilege-Escalation.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163950/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163939/Strapi-3.0.0-beta-Authentication-Bypass.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.97639