{
    "id": "CVE-2019-18818",
    "published": "2019-11-07 22:15:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:25:23",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-640",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.97639",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99902",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:24:59",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "strapi",
            "product": "strapi"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "50716",
            "title": "Strapi CMS 3.0.0-beta.17.4 - Set Password (Unauthenticated) (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2022-02-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50716"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "50237",
            "title": "Strapi 3.0.0-beta - Set Password (Unauthenticated)",
            "date": "2021-08-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50237"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1311",
        "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",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1311"
    ]
}