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.
Published: 2022-05-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3114 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42 Insecure password handling vulnerability in Strapi
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:02:11.785Z

Reserved: 2022-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46440

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-03T18:15:08.763

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:34:04.980

Link: CVE-2021-46440

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses