Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in strapi - CVE-2019-18818
Published: November 15, 2019 / Updated: November 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22788
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18818
CWE-ID: CWE-640
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to reset an admin's password.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software mishandles password resets within "packages/strapi-admin/controllers/Auth.js" and "packages/strapi-plugin-users-permissions/controllers/Auth.js". A remote attacker can use the password reset routes to reset an admin's password without providing a valid password reset token.
Affected software
strapi
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18818
Install updates from vendor's website.
strapi - update to 3.0.0 beta.17.5
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #10876 - Strapi CMS Unauthenticated Password Reset (November 21, 2024)
- Exploit #10179 - Strapi-RCE (Exploit script showcasing a mixture of CVE-2019-18818 and CVE-2019-19609 for unauthenticated remote code execution in Strapi CMS.) (July 5, 2024)
- Exploit #7816 - Strapi CMS 3.0.0-beta.17.4 - Set Password (Unauthenticated) (Metasploit) (May 13, 2022)
- Exploit #7065 - Strapi CMS 3.0.0-beta.17.4 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated) (November 25, 2021)
- Exploit #7067 - Strapi 3.0.0-beta - Set Password (Unauthenticated) (November 25, 2021)