{"id":"CVE-2021-28128","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-28128","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:52:32.597Z","title":"In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password.","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.","published":"2021-05-06T14:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:45:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-640"],"affected":["strapi/strapi"],"epss":{"score":0.0128,"percentile":0.6982,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://strapi.io/changelog","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://strapi.io/changelog","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28128","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}