High severity · published May 3, 2022
CVE-2021-46440
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,…
7.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ST
Strapi · Strapi
before 3.6.9; 4.0.0 before 4.1.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46440
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46440
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246
Product
https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi
Vendor Advisory
https://strapi.io/
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