Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-38507Strapi Improper Rate Limiting vulnerability

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits in strapi from strapi. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	@strapi/admin	4.12.1	GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
npm	@strapi/plugin-users-permissions	4.12.1	GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
strapi	strapi	< 4.12.1

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1 x_refsource_MISC