Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin

Description

Strapi through 4.5.5 allows authenticated Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Recommendation

Update the @strapi/plugin-users-permissions package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 4.5.6
• Patched version(s): 4.5.6

References

• GHSA-2h87-4q2w-v4hf
• strapi.io
• www.ghostccamm.com
• CVE-2023-22621
• CWE-74
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Strapi plugins vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection and Remote Code Execution in the Users-Permissions Plugin (GHSA-2h87-4q2w-v4hf) - CVE-2023-22621
• Parse Server vulnerable to remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution - CVE-2023-36475
• @strapi/plugin-users-permissions leaks 3rd party authentication tokens and authentication bypass - CVE-2024-34065
• Signal K Server Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Malicious npm Package - CVE-2025-68619

Tags:

npm

@strapi/plugin-users-permissions