CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-22894

4.9 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2023-04-19 Modified 2026-10-09 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability — Strapi Strapi

Strapi contains a cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability that could allow attackers with access to the admin panel to discover sensitive user details via the query filter. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-22621 to achieve remote code execution.

Added to KEV: 2026-10-08
Remediation due: 2026-10-11
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Notes: This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve ; https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22894

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-04-19
Last modified: 2026-10-09
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-312

Description

Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter. The attacker can filter users by columns that contain sensitive information and infer a value from API responses. If the attacker has super admin access, then this can be exploited to discover the password hash and password reset token of all users. If the attacker has admin panel access to an account with permission to access the username and email of API users with a lower privileged role (e.g., Editor or Author), then this can be exploited to discover sensitive information for all API users but not other admin accounts.

Affected configurations

• strapi strapi (>= 3.2.1 < 4.8.0)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information weakness

References