ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a timing side-channel vulnerability in the password reset endpoint (/api/v1/@apostrophecms/login/reset-request) that allows unauthenticated…
Exact source revision recorded 27 Oct 2026 09:03:00 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2026-33877
PublishedApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions 4.28.0 and prior contain a timing side-channel vulnerability in the password reset endpoint (/api/v1/@apostrophecms/login/reset-request) that allows unauthenticated username and email enumeration. When a user is not found, the handler returns after a fixed 2-second artificial delay, but when a valid user is found, it performs a MongoDB update and SMTP email send with no equivalent delay normalization, producing measurably different response times. The endpoint also accepts both username and email via an $or query, and has no rate limiting as the existing checkLoginAttempts throttle only applies to the login flow. This enables automated enumeration of valid accounts for use in credential stuffing or targeted phishing. Only instances that have explicitly enabled the passwordReset option are affected, as it defaults to false. This issue has been fixed in version 4.29.0.
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Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-208
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published: 2026-04-15T20:16:35.517
lastModified: 2026-10-26T22:10:00.163
1 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:apostrophecms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- Source published
- 15 Apr 2026 20:16:35 UTC
- Source modified
- 26 Oct 2026 22:10:00 UTC
- Observed here
- 27 Oct 2026 09:03:00 UTC
- Source terms
- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N