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CVE-2019-18818: strapi before 3.0.0-beta.17.5 mishandles password resets within packages/strapi-admin/controllers/Auth.js and packages/strapi-plugin-users-p

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 68/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 97.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: strapi (npm) 3.0.0-beta.17.5.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to strapi (npm) 3.0.0-beta.17.5 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Nov 7, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
97.6% · 99th percentile

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Action score

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
29 / 30 · 97.6%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
strapistrapi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • strapi strapiup to 1.6.4 inclusive
  • strapi strapi3.0.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
npmstrapibefore 3.0.0-beta.17.53.0.0-beta.17.5

Same product

strapi: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-22894Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter.KEV
    50Plan
  • CVE-2023-22621Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the serve
    49Plan
  • CVE-2019-19609The Strapi framework before 3.0.0-beta.17.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in the Install and Uninstall Plugin components of the Adm
    44Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2020-8123Feb 4, 2020 · A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that can be abused in the admin console using admin rights can lead to arb
    19Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-13961Jun 19, 2020 · Strapi before 3.0.2 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions because templates are stored in a global var
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-27664Oct 22, 2020 · admin/src/containers/InputModalStepperProvider/index.js in Strapi before 3.2.5 has unwanted /proxy?url= functionality.
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
npm:strapi3.0.0-beta.17.5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×2
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×5

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2021-08-30
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2022-02-08
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/scanner/http/strapi_3_password_resetStrapi CMS Unauthenticated Password Resetauxiliary2022-02-09
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2019-18818 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32021-08-29
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02021-10-11
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02022-03-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02024-07-01
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-02-16

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+660 d
  3. Metasploit+824 d
  4. TodayNov 1, 2026+2551 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-640 · Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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