{"id":"CVE-2021-46440","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.","aliases":["GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42"],"modified":"2026-07-09T01:25:08.969841Z","published":"2022-05-03T18:15:08.763Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://strapi.io/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/strapi/strapi","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"db6a77697779dcd3434e295f5689faa15080c775"},{"introduced":"b181702f0202b2c6d645d42b195a831f25cd0b03"},{"fixed":"f1859f03756a5feb888583dba85bcec7745ce21f"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.9"},{"introduced":"4.0.0"},{"fixed":"4.1.5"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["v4.1.4","v4.1.3","v4.1.1","v4.1.0","v4.0.5","v3.6.8","v4.0.4","v4.0.3","v4.0.2","v4.0.1","v3.6.7","v3.6.6","v3.6.5","v3.6.4","v3.6.3","v3.6.2","v3.6.1","v3.6.0","v3.5.4","v3.5.3","v3.5.2","v3.5.1","v3.5.0","v3.4.6","v3.4.5","v3.4.4","v3.4.3","v3.4.2","v3.4.1","v3.2.2","v3.2.1","v3.1.4","v3.1.3","v3.1.0","v3.0.0-beta.20","v3.0.0-beta.19.4","v3.0.0-beta.19.3","v3.0.0-beta.19.2","v3.0.0-beta.19.1","v3.0.0-beta.19","v3.0.0-beta.18.8","v3.0.0-beta.18.7","v3.0.0-beta.18.6","v3.0.0-beta.18.5","v3.0.0-beta.18.4","v3.0.0-beta.16.7","v3.0.0-beta.18.3","v3.0.0-beta.18.2","v3.0.0-beta.18.1","v3.0.0-beta.18","v3.0.0-beta.17.8","v3.0.0-beta.17.7","v3.0.0-beta.17.6","v3.0.0-beta.17.5","v3.0.0-beta.17.4","v3.0.0-beta.17.2","v3.0.0-beta.17.1","v3.0.0-beta.17","v3.0.0-beta.16.8","v3.0.0-beta.16.6","v3.0.0-beta.16.5","v3.0.0-beta.16.4","v3.0.0-beta.16.3","v3.0.0-beta.16.2","v3.0.0-beta.16.1","v3.0.0-beta.16","v3.0.0-beta.15","v3.0.0-beta.14","v3.0.0-beta.13","v3.0.0-beta.12","v3.0.0-beta.11","v3.0.0-beta.10","v3.0.0-beta.9","v3.0.0-beta.8","v3.0.0-beta.7","v3.0.0-beta.6","v3.0.0-beta.5","v3.0.0-beta.4","v3.0.0-beta.3","v3.0.0-beta.2","v3.0.0-beta.1","v3.0.0-beta.0","v3.0.0-alpha.23.1","v3.0.0-alpha.13","v3.0.0-alpha.12.7.1","v3.0.0-alpha.12.7","v3.0.0-alpha.9","v3.0.0-alpha.7.3","v3.0.0-alpha.6.7","v3.0.0-alpha.6.4","v3.0.0-alpha.4","v3.0.0-alpha.4.8","v1.5.4","v1.5.3","v1.5.2","v1.5.1","v1.5.0","v1.4.1","v1.4.0","v1.3.1","v1.3.0","v1.2.0","v1.1.0","v1.0.6","v1.0.5","v1.0.1","v1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-46440.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}