Contao before 3.5.39 and 4.x before 4.7.3 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password.
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-640Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
Contao before 3.5.39 and 4.x before 4.7.3 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0134 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed contao/contao (Packagist): 4.4.37, 4.7.3contao/core-bundle (Packagist): 4.4.37, 4.7.3+1 more product
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | contao/contao (Packagist) | 4.0.0 to before 4.4.37 | 4.4.37 | Patch available | GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx |
| — | contao/contao (Packagist) | 4.5.0 to before 4.7.3 | 4.7.3 | Patch available | GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx |
| — | contao/core-bundle (Packagist) | 4.0.0 to before 4.4.37 | 4.4.37 | Patch available | GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx |
| — | contao/core-bundle (Packagist) | 4.5.0 to before 4.7.3 | 4.7.3 | Patch available | GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx |
| — | contao/core (Packagist) | 3.0.0 to before 3.5.39 | 3.5.39 | Patch available | GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- contao/contao (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.4.37 Fixed in 4.4.37 Patch available GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
- contao/contao (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0 to before 4.7.3 Fixed in 4.7.3 Patch available GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.4.37 Fixed in 4.4.37 Patch available GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5.0 to before 4.7.3 Fixed in 4.7.3 Patch available GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
- contao/core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.5.39 Fixed in 3.5.39 Patch available GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx contao/contao (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.37 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx contao/contao (Packagist) Fixed in 4.7.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.4.37 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Fixed in 4.7.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx contao/core (Packagist) Fixed in 3.5.39 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10641
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx
References
Advisory 3
Other 6
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/74c7dfafa0dfa5363a9463b486522d5d526e28fe
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/b92e27bc7c9e59226077937f840c74ffd0f672e8
- https://github.com/contao/core/commit/119a1b5bd9e62d27ca2838727084d04f3b7fcd32
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2019-10641.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2019-10641.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2019-10641.yaml
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- TI-2019-07939 Contao 4.7 allows Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-12170 Contao 3.0.0 to 3.5.30 and 4.0.0 to 4.4.7 contains an SQL injection vulnerability in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08073 Contao before 3.5.28 and 4.x before 4.4.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-07938 Contao 4.7 allows CSRF. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2012-01169 Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in main.php in Contao… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-10641 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-10641 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vcgg-hp4r-87gx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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