# CVE-2022-29933: Improper account password reset in Craft CMS

> An attacker can take over accounts by manipulating the X-Forwarded-Host header during password reset if the application uses default configuration settings.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5cjr-78cq-3wrg

## What is CVE-2022-29933?

CVE-2022-29933 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, published on 9 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Craft CMS through 3.7.36 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker, who knows at least one valid username, to reset the account's password and take over the account by providing a crafted HTTP header to the application while using the password reset functionality. Specifically, the attacker must send X-Forwarded-Host to the /index.php?p=admin/actions/users/send-password-reset-email URI. NOTE: the vendor's position is that a customer can already work around this by adjusting the configuration (i.e., by not using the default configuration).

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29933?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including craftcms/cms. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `craftcms/cms` | Packagist | All versions | 3.7.36 |
| `craftcms/cms` | Packagist | All versions | 3.7.36 |

Products: Craftcms Craft Cms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29933?

Upgrade craftcms/cms to 3.7.36 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-29933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Craftcms Craft Cms

- [CVE-2025-32432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32432/): Craft CMS Code Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-56145](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56145/): Craft CMS Code Injection (critical 9.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-23209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23209/): Craft CMS Code Injection (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-35939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-35939/): Craft CMS External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter (medium 6.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-41892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41892/): Craft CMS Remote Code Execution vulnerability (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29933 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29933 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, published on 9 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 3.7.36
- craftcms/cms (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 3.7.36

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29933/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29933/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29933
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29933
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29933

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29933/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.