CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-28128
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-640
Description
In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password. An attacker who gains access to a valid session can use this to take over an account by changing the password.
Affected configurations
• strapi strapi (<= 3.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password weakness
References
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/changelog Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/changelog Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory