Strapi up to 4.5.5 API information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Strapi up to 4.5.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component API. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22894. Additionally, an exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Strapi up to 4.5.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 04/19/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at strapi.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-22894 since 01/10/2023. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 10/08/2026 with a due date of 10/11/2026:

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 BO

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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• Strapi

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• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.3
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5

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