CVE-2023-22894
· published 2023-04-19
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2026-10-08).
- CISA's name for it: Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
- CISA's description: 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.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by MITRE via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Undergoing Analysis
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (1)
cpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 4.9 MEDIUM — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HIGH — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
- https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
- https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
- https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
- https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-22894
Source dates: published 2023-04-19, last changed 2026-10-09. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-10-09.
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