CVE-2019-18818

highpriority · act · 83EPSS 0.976 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

8 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

97.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-640USprimaryCWE-640US

exploits (8)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/scanner/http/strapi_3_password_resetStrapi CMS Unauthenticated Password Resetfunctional · metasploit
EDB-50237Strapi 3.0.0-beta - Set Password (Unauthenticated)PoC · exploit_db
EDB-50716Strapi CMS 3.0.0-beta.17.4 - Set Password (Unauthenticated) (Metasploit)PoC · exploit_db
Hackhoven/Strapi-RCEExploit script showcasing a mixture of CVE-2019-18818 and CVE-2019-19609 for unauthenticated remote code execution in Strapi CMS.PoC · poc_in_github
abelsrzz/CVE-2019-18818_CVE-2019-19609This repository contains a Python script to exploit two vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-18818 and CVE-2019-19609.PoC · poc_in_github
guglia001/CVE-2019-18818guglia001/CVE-2019-18818PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
strapi strapi≤ 1.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
strapi strapi= 3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm strapi< 3.0.0-beta.17.5osvUSpkg:npm/strapi

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599Strapi allows unauthenticated attacker to reset admin password without valid reset token2019-12-02ghsa · osvUS
Versions of `strapi` prior to 3.0.0-beta.17.5 are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The password reset routes allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset an admin's password without providing a valid password reset token. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 3.0.0-beta.17.5 or later.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-11-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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