CVE-2021-46440

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    CVE-2021-46440

    Published: 3 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi, https://strapi.io/, https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -db6a77697779dcd3434e295f5689faa15080c775

    Affected versions

    v4.1.4
    v4.1.3
    v4.1.1
    v4.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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