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Vulnerability details: VCID-kvea-g79j-kyge
Vulnerability ID VCID-kvea-g79j-kyge
Aliases CVE-2023-38507
GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
Summary Strapi is the an open-source headless content management system. Prior to version 4.12.1, there is a rate limit on the login function of Strapi's admin screen, but it is possible to circumvent it. Therefore, the possibility of unauthorized login by login brute force attack increases. Version 4.12.1 has a fix for this issue.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00319 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38507
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://github.com/strapi/strapi
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/strapi/strapi
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
ssvc Track https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
ssvc Track https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
ssvc Track https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
cvssv3.1 7.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38507
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38507
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-38507
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38507
GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
rateLimit.js#L31 https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
v4.12.1 https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:05:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:05:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-09-25T18:05:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38507
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55404
EPSS Score 0.00319
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:21:08.550606+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38507.json 38.6.0