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CVE-2021-46440
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-05-03T18:15:08.763 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:14:53.223

Summary

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 — strapi

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References

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