CVE-2023-22894

Strapi: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

As of , CVE-2023-22894 in Strapi is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch now.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 8 October 2026
US federal deadline
11 October 20263 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
Forensic triage
Required by CISA under BOD 26-04Agencies must also look for signs that attackers already got in.
EPSS score
0.04Higher than 89% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.02 on 8 October 2026EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: github.com and strapi.ioLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

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.

CISA's required action

  • strapi.ioThis vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used…
  • github.com

What the flaw is

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.

CISA's description

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.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
19 April 2023
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
7.2 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-312
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

EPSS since listing

0.250.500.750.50: the rank's Patch this week lineListed by CISA0.02 on 8 October 20260.04 since 10 October 2026
EPSS for CVE-2023-22894 since CISA listed it, on the days its value to 2 decimals changed. EPSS scores by FIRST.
Show the numbers
FromEPSS
0.02
0.03
0.04

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. CISA changed its entry. Forensic triage: No to Yes.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.

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