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CVE-2019-19844

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Dec 18, 2019·Last modified Apr 10, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. A suitably crafted email address (that is equal to an existing user's email address after case transformation of Unicode characters) would allow an attacker to be sent a password reset token for the matched user account. (One mitigation in the new releases is to send password reset tokens only to the registered user email address.)

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.6

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
34.81%

The exploit probability is moderate. The vulnerability is likely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Functional

A functional exploit is available for this vulnerability (4 exploits found).

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