{"cve":"CVE-2019-18818","nvd":{"published":"2019-11-07T22:15:10.570","modified":"2026-06-17T02:25:23.883","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-640"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163939/Strapi-3.0.0-beta-Authentication-Bypass.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163950/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165896/Strapi-CMS-3.0.0-beta.17.4-Privilege-Escalation.html","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/4443","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta.17.5"],"products":["strapi:strapi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:25.448946135+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-18818","score":0.97639,"percentile":0.99902,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599","summary":"Strapi allows unauthenticated attacker to reset admin password without valid reset token","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:26.332116Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"strapi","purl":"pkg:npm/strapi","ranges":["<3.0.0-beta.17.5"],"fixed":["3.0.0-beta.17.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}