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Security checkMay 29, 2025

Strapi allows Server-Side Request Forgery in Webhook function

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Medium severitynpm@strapi/admin

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Description

In Strapi latest version, at function Settings -> Webhooks, the application allows us to input a URL in order to create a Webook connection. However, we can input into this field the local domains such as localhost, 127.0.0.1, 0.0.0.0,….

Recommendation

Update the @strapi/admin package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 4.25.2
  • Patched version(s): 4.25.2

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