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CVE-2023-48218: Strapi Protected Populate Plugin leaking fields if the request fields where empty or only fields selected where not populatable

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: none known
• Published: 2023-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

The Strapi Protected Populate Plugin protects `get` endpoints from revealing too much information. Prior to version 1.3.4, users were able to bypass the field level security. Users who tried to populate something that they didn't have access to could populate those fields anyway. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.4. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• strapi-community strapi-plugin-protected-populate: before 1.3.4 — fixed in 1.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: strapi-community strapi-plugin-protected-populate 1.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/commit/05441066d64e09dd55937d9f089962e9ebe2fb39
• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/releases/tag/v1.3.4
• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/security/advisories/GHSA-6h67-934r-82g7
• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/commit/05441066d64e09dd55937d9f089962e9ebe2fb39
• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/releases/tag/v1.3.4
• https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/security/advisories/GHSA-6h67-934r-82g7

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