Strapi up to 4.5.5 OAuth improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Strapi up to 4.5.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component OAuth Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-22893. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Strapi up to 4.5.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component OAuth Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Strapi through 4.5.5 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the 'None' type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication.

The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at strapi.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-22893 since 01/10/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: github.com

Timelineinfo

01/10/2023 🔍
04/19/2023 +98 days 🔍
04/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +658 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: strapi.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22893 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22893
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226832

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2023 19:14
Updated: 02/05/2025 18:35
Changes: 04/19/2023 19:14 (39), 02/05/2025 18:35 (26)
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