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Insecure password handling vulnerability in Strapi

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 4, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

npm @strapi/strapi (npm)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0, < 4.1.5

Patched versions

4.1.5
npm strapi (npm)
< 3.6.9
3.6.9

Description

Storing passwords in a recoverable format in the DOCUMENTATION plugin component of Strapi before 3.6.9 and 4.x before 4.1.5 allows an attacker to access a victim's HTTP request. From this, the attacker can get the victim's cookie, base64 decode it, and obtain a cleartext password, leading to getting API documentation for further API attacks.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 3, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 4, 2022
Reviewed May 18, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.775%
(82nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-46440

GHSA ID

GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42

Source code

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