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CVE-2019-18818

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-10-14 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2019-11-07
  • WeaknessCWE-640

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-11-0722:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2021-08-30Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2023-10-1414:56Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-10-1414:56Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-18818?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2019-18818?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Strapi
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.6≤ 1.6.4no fix published
3.0= 3.0.0no fix published
strapi
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0< 3.0.0-beta.17.53.0.0-beta.17.5

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-50237EDB-50716
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedguglia001/CVE-2019-18818rasyidfox/CVE-2019-18818hadrian3689/strapi_cms_3.0.0-beta.17.7Hackhoven/Strapi-RCEabelsrzz/CVE-2019-18818_CVE-2019-19609
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleauxiliary/scanner/http/strapi_3_password_resetrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-11-07
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599

Frequently asked questions

What is 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-permissions/controllers/Auth.js.

Is CVE-2019-18818 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-18818 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 97.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-18818?

CVE-2019-18818 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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