Back
CVE-2017-5537
The password reset form in Weblate before 2.10.1 provides different error messages depending on whether the email address is associated…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The password reset form in Weblate before 2.10.1 provides different error messages depending on whether the email address is associated with an account, which allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a series of requests.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 55 days later
· 55 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIweblateGHSA-j24g-gm76-j829 (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/abe0d2a29a1d8e896bfe829c8461bf8b391f1079 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170118 CVE request Weblate: information disclosure in password reset form (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/issues/1317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170119 Re: CVE request Weblate: information disclosure in password reset form (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 95676 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/blob/weblate-2.10.1/docs/changes.rst (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-0140 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j24g-gm76-j829 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-5537)Record last updated .