Improper Access Control Affecting @strapi/plugin-users-permissions package, versions >=4.0.0 <4.13.1


Severity

0.0
high
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-STRAPIPLUGINUSERSPERMISSIONS-6046427
  • published 5 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 3 Nov 2023
  • credit dogusdeniz

How to fix?

Upgrade @strapi/plugin-users-permissions to version 4.13.1 or higher.

Overview

@strapi/plugin-users-permissions is a headless CMS

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control via the "User Registration" API due to improper sanitization of custom fields. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to private fields during user registration by sending a post request with content to fill the private fields.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.5 high