HIGH8.1

GHSA-37hx-4mcq-wc3h

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Strapi

Details

In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password. An attacker who gains access to a valid session can use this to take over an account by changing the password.

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Affected packages

npm/strapi

Introduced in: 0

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28128[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/issues/9657[WEB]
https://github.com/strapi/strapi[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v3.6.0[WEB]
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt[WEB]