Strapi Improper Rate Limiting vulnerability

Description

There is a rate limit on the login function of Strapi’s admin screen, but it is possible to circumvent it.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 4.12.1
• Patched version(s): 4.12.1

References

• GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
• CVE-2023-38507
• CWE-770
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Strapi Improper Rate Limiting vulnerability - @strapi/plugin-users-permissions - CVE-2023-38507
• Strapi may leak sensitive user information, user reset password, tokens via content-manager views - CVE-2023-36472
• Vega has Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in `lassoAppend` function - CVE-2023-26487
• Strapi: Password Reset Does Not Revoke Existing Refresh Sessions - CVE-2026-22706

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Tags:

npm

@strapi/admin