CVE-2023-37263: Strapi's field level permissions not being respected in relationship title

Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Strapi is the an open-source headless content management system. Prior to version 4.12.1, field level permissions are not respected in the relationship title. If an actor has relationship title and the relationship shows a field they don't have permission to see, the field will still be visible. Version 4.12.1 has a fix for this issue.

Affected products

strapi: before 4.12.1 — fixed in 4.12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: strapi 4.12.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-m284-85mf-cgrc
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-m284-85mf-cgrc

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