ghsa-495j-h493-42q2
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-10-16 18:22
Modified
2025-10-16 20:42
Severity ?
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Summary
Strapi Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Fields via parms.lookup
Details

Summary

It's possible to access any private fields by filtering through the lookup parameters

Details

Using the new lookup operator provided by the document service in Strapi 5, it is not properly sanitizing this query operator for private fields.

PoC

  1. Create a strapi app.
  2. Create a content-type
  3. In the content-type you make a new entry
  4. Go back to the list view
  5. Add &lookup[updatedBy][password][$startsWith]=$2 to the end of your url (All passwords start with $2) see that all entries are still there
  6. Add &lookup[updatedBy][password][$startsWith]=$3 see the entry disappear proving that the search above works

Impact

An attacker can perform filtering attacks on everything related to the object, including admin passwords and reset-tokens. This means that they can gain full access to the strapi instance.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@strapi/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-56143"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-639"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-16T18:22:40Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-16T16:15:36Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nIt\u0027s possible to access any private fields by filtering through the lookup parameters\n\n### Details\n\nUsing the new lookup operator provided by the document service in Strapi 5, it is not properly sanitizing this query operator for private fields.\n\n### PoC\n\n1. Create a strapi app.\n2. Create a content-type\n3. In the content-type you make a new entry\n4. Go back to the list view\n4. Add `\u0026lookup[updatedBy][password][$startsWith]=$2` to the end of your url (All passwords start with $2) see that all entries are still there\n6. Add `\u0026lookup[updatedBy][password][$startsWith]=$3` see the entry disappear proving that the search above works\n\n### Impact\n\nAn attacker can perform filtering attacks on everything related to the object, including admin passwords and reset-tokens. This means that they can gain full access to the strapi instance.",
  "id": "GHSA-495j-h493-42q2",
  "modified": "2025-10-16T20:42:12Z",
  "published": "2025-10-16T18:22:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-495j-h493-42q2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56143"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/0c6e0953ae1e62afae9329de7ae6d6a5e21b95b8"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Strapi Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Fields via parms.lookup"
}


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