CVE-2019-18818

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Published 2019-12-02 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Strapi allows unauthenticated attacker to reset admin password without valid reset token

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-50237 webapps multiple

David Anglada · 2021-08-30

Strapi 3.0.0-beta - Set Password (Unauthenticated)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-50716 webapps nodejs

WackyH4cker · 2022-02-08

Strapi CMS 3.0.0-beta.17.4 - Set Password (Unauthenticated) (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/http/strapi_3_password_reset rank 300

Strapi CMS Unauthenticated Password Reset

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	strapi	`<3.0.0-beta.17.5`	`3.0.0-beta.17.5`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.