CVE-2019-16303A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This allows an attacker (if able to obtain their own password reset URL) to compute the value for all other password resets for other accounts, thus allowing privilege escalation or account takeover.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmgenerator-jhipster-kotlinGHSA-j3rh-8vwq-wh84 (opens in a new tab)
References
References8
- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp6-j9wf-968c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/10401 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/88448b85fd3e8e49df103f0061359037c2c68ea7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/issues/183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.jhipster.tech/2019/09/13/jhipster-release-6.3.0.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [commons-issues] 20200918 [jira] [Created] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [commons-issues] 20200919 [jira] [Commented] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [commons-issues] 20200921 [jira] [Commented] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNG (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2020-0493 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j3rh-8vwq-wh84 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-16303)Record last updated .