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CVE-2021-46440

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

Storing passwords in a recoverable format in the DOCUMENTATION plugin component of Strapi before 3.6.9 and 4.x before 4.1.5 allows an attacker to access a victim's HTTP request, get the victim's cookie, perform a base64 decode on the victim's cookie, and obtain a cleartext password, leading to getting API documentation for further API attacks.

Affected products

• strapi: before 3.6.9; from 4.0.0 before 4.1.5 — fixed in 3.6.9, 4.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: strapi 3.6.9, 4.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html
• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246
• https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi
• https://strapi.io/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html
• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246
• https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi
• https://strapi.io/

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