CVE-2023-22894
Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 11 October 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.11% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 October 2026 · due 11 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Affected
- strapi/strapi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.4% on 9 October 2026 to 4.1% on 30 October 2026.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve ; https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22894
References
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releasesRelease Notes
- https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cveExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releasesRelease Notes
- https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cveExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-22894US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.