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.
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
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
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2019-11-07
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
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: 0.97639