CVE-2019-11018

Exp

application\admin\controller\User.php in ThinkAdmin V4.0 does not prevent continued use of an administrator's cookie-based credentials after a password change.

Published: 2019-04-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-11018 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-11018

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11018

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.68% 0.35% -0.33%
2 2025-03-29 0.35% 0.68% +0.33%
3 2025-03-17 0.35%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11018

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11018

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-11018

GHSA-qv5j-rwq3-m823 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — ThinkAdmin Administrator cookies still working after password change

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11018

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thinkadmin thinkadmin 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:thinkadmin:thinkadmin:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11018

URL Tags
https://github.com/zoujingli/ThinkAdmin/issues/173 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence