CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-46440
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-05-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
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, get the victim's cookie, perform a base64 decode on the victim's cookie, and obtain a cleartext password, leading to getting API documentation for further API attacks.
Affected configurations
• strapi strapi (< 3.6.9)
• strapi strapi (>= 4.0.0 < 4.1.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/ Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/ Vendor Advisory