Access Restriction Bypass Affecting strapi package, versions <3.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-STRAPI-572909
  • published21 Jun 2020
  • disclosed21 Jun 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13961  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade strapi to version 3.0.2 or higher.

Overview

strapi is a HTTP layer sits on top of Koa.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. A remote authenticated attacker is allowed to bypass security restrictions because templates are stored in a global variable without any sanitation. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to update the email template for both password reset and account confirmation emails.

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