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CVE-2019-18986

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-307

Description

Pimcore before 6.2.2 allow attackers to brute-force (guess) valid usernames by using the 'forgot password' functionality as it returns distinct messages for invalid password and non-existing users.

Affected products

• pimcore/pimcore: before 6.2.2 — fixed in 6.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pimcore/pimcore 6.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/4a7bba5c3f818852cbbd29fa124f7fb09a207185
• https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/compare/v6.2.1...v6.2.2
• https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/commit/4a7bba5c3f818852cbbd29fa124f7fb09a207185
• https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/compare/v6.2.1...v6.2.2

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