Unauthenticated brute-force enablement via noncanonical rate-limit keys
Published Sep 15, 2023 · Updated Sep 25, 2024
Improper rate limiting in Strapi before 4.12.1 allows remote attackers to bypass admin login throttling with path variants. The admin rateLimit middleware keys attempts with the literal email, request path, and IP address even though Koa routes case and trailing-slash variants to the same login handler. No credentials are required to rotate path capitalization or append a slash, reset the effective counter, and continue password guessing against administrator accounts.
Summary
What happened
Improper rate limiting in Strapi before 4.12.1 allows remote attackers to bypass admin login throttling with path variants. The admin rateLimit middleware keys attempts with the literal email, request path, and IP address even though Koa routes case and trailing-slash variants to the same login handler. No credentials are required to rotate path capitalization or append a slash, reset the effective counter, and continue password guessing against administrator accounts.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38507
- Published
- Sep 15, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 25, 2024
- Vendor
- Strapi
- Product
- Strapi
- Classifications
- CWE-307, CAPEC-49, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 15, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 25, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.12.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GHSA path-variant rate-limit bypass PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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