CVE-2021-46440: Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

May 4, 2022 (updated May 18, 2022)

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42
github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246
hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46440
strapi.io/

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