CVE-2021-28128
In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Affected
- strapi/strapi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://strapi.io/changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.