Vulnerability CVE-2021-46440


Published: 2022-05-03

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Strapi 3.6.8 Password Disclosure / Insecure Handling
Kitchaphan Singc...
03.05.2022

Type:

CWE-922

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Strapi -> Strapi 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html
https://strapi.io/
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246
https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi

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