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CVE-2023-22894· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 50/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Oct 8, 2026). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 11, 2026.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 89.4% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: @strapi/strapi (npm) 4.8.0.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.2, NVD 4.9.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to @strapi/strapi (npm) 4.8.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available
Published
Apr 19, 2023
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
EPSS
3.6% · 89th percentile

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Action score

50

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.9
CNA · mitre
7.2
2.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 8, 2026. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Oct 11, 2026.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
strapistrapi

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • strapi strapi3.2.1 and later · before 4.8.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
npm@strapi/strapifrom 3.2.1 · before 4.8.04.8.0

Same product

strapi: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-18818strapi before 3.0.0-beta.17.5 mishandles password resets within packages/strapi-admin/controllers/Auth.js and packages/strapi-plugin-users-p
    68This week
  • CVE-2023-22621Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the serve
    49Plan
  • CVE-2019-19609The Strapi framework before 3.0.0-beta.17.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in the Install and Uninstall Plugin components of the Adm
    44Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-31367Sep 27, 2022 · Strapi before 3.6.10 and 4.x before 4.1.10 mishandles hidden attributes within admin API responses.
    36Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-22893Apr 19, 2023 · Strapi through 4.5.5 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for au
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-34093Jul 25, 2023 · Strapi allows actors to make all attributes on a content-type public without noticing it
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
npm:@strapi/strapi4.8.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:132023-04-24
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-07-31

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+4 d
  3. CISA KEV+1267 d
  4. TodayOct 24, 2026+1284 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Exploit maturitypoc → weaponized
  2. KEV✗ → ✓
  3. SSVC exploitationnone → active
  4. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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