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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-19857

An issue was discovered in Serpico (aka SimplE RePort wrIting and CollaboratiOn tool) 1.3.0. An admin can change their password without providing the current password, by using interfaces outside the Change Password screen. Thus, requiring the admin to enter an Old Password value on the Change Password screen does not enhance security. This is problematic in conjunction with XSS.

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CVE-2019-19857
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1 Nov 2026, 04:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-19857

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jan 2020, 23:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Serpico (aka SimplE RePort wrIting and CollaboratiOn tool) 1.3.0. An admin can change their password without providing the current password, by using interfaces outside the Change Password screen. Thus, requiring the admin to enter an Old Password value on the Change Password screen does not enhance security. This is problematic in conjunction with XSS.

osv:CVE-2019-19857
Complete source record
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  "id": "f180bb19f05507d072fe6b9edd4335068a780114947a2e68b805c6d952e11901",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19857",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-19857",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Serpico (aka SimplE RePort wrIting and CollaboratiOn tool) 1.3.0. An admin can change their password without providing the current password, by using interfaces outside the Change Password screen. Thus, requiring the admin to enter an Old Password value on the Change Password screen does not enhance security. This is problematic in conjunction with XSS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-19857",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-19857",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-19857"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/BuffaloWill/Serpico",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "7d7bc536b4de1f10e1e0feff0e5804150383b917"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7d7bc536b4de1f10e1e0feff0e5804150383b917"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:serpico_project:serpico:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.3.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-19857.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.966509917Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://websec.nl/news.php"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-19857",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429451,
  "published_at": "2020-01-15T23:15:11.777+00:00"
}