CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-38507
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
Strapi is the an open-source headless content management system. Prior to version 4.12.1, there is a rate limit on the login function of Strapi's admin screen, but it is possible to circumvent it. Therefore, the possibility of unauthorized login by login brute force attack increases. Version 4.12.1 has a fix for this issue.
Affected configurations
• strapi strapi (< 4.12.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r Exploit, Third Party Advisory