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Strapi allows unauthenticated attacker to reset admin password without valid reset token

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 2, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

npm strapi (npm)

Affected versions

<= 3.0.0-beta.17.4

Patched versions

3.0.0-beta.17.5

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 7, 2019
Reviewed Dec 2, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 2, 2019
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-18818

GHSA ID

GHSA-6xc2-mj39-q599

Source code

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