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CVE-2024-56143: Strapi Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Fields via parms.lookup

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

Strapi is an open-source headless content management system. In versions from 5.0.0 to before 5.5.2, the lookup operator provided by the document service does not properly sanitize query parameters for private fields. An attacker can access private fields, including admin passwords and reset tokens, by crafting queries with the lookup parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.5.2.

Affected products

• strapi: from 5.0.0 before 5.5.2 — fixed in 5.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: strapi 5.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/0c6e0953ae1e62afae9329de7ae6d6a5e21b95b8
• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-495j-h493-42q2

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