CVE-2023-22894: Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Strapi Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

Vendor

Strapi

Product

Strapi

Added to the catalog

2026-10-08

Due date for US federal agencies

2026-10-11

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Strapi contains a cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability that could allow attackers with access to the admin panel to discover sensitive user details via the query filter. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version. This vulnerability can be chained with CVE-2023-22621 to achieve remote code execution.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22894

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2023-04-19T16:15:07.303

Last modified

2026-10-09T14:20:41.113

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter. The attacker can filter users by columns that contain sensitive information and infer a value from API responses. If the attacker has super admin access, then this can be exploited to discover the password hash and password reset token of all users. If the attacker has admin panel access to an account with permission to access the username and email of API users with a lower privileged role (e.g., Editor or Author), then this can be exploited to discover sensitive information for all API users but not other admin accounts.

References

• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases (Release Notes)
• https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases (Release Notes)
• https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-22894 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2023-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated

2026-10-09T03:55:26.444Z

Problem types

n/a

Strapi through 4.5.5 allows attackers (with access to the admin panel) to discover sensitive user details by exploiting the query filter. The attacker can filter users by columns that contain sensitive information and infer a value from API responses. If the attacker has super admin access, then this can be exploited to discover the password hash and password reset token of all users. If the attacker has admin panel access to an account with permission to access the username and email of API users with a lower privileged role (e.g., Editor or Author), then this can be exploited to discover sensitive information for all API users but not other admin accounts.

References

• https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
• https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/
• https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve

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GitHub Advisory Database

Also known as / affected packages

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

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