Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in strapi - CVE-2020-27665
Published: October 22, 2020 / Updated: October 26, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47917
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27665
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: strapi.io
Affected software:
strapi
strapi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to no admin::hasPermissions restriction for CTB (aka content-type-builder) routes, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-27665
Install updates from vendor's website.