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CVE-2023-22893

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22893 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Strapi versions up to 4.5.5 when using AWS Cognito for authentication. It allows a remote attacker to forge an ID token with a 'None' algorithm type, bypassing authentication and impersonating any user. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a critical security risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, leading to complete confidentiality compromise. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public Nuclei templates exist for detection, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100 suggests a significant threat, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-22893 · Aug 29, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0416 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @strapi/plugin-users-permissionsFixed in: 4.6.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-583x-23h9-f5w7medium

Strapi does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow

Apr 19, 2023

References

github.com / strapi/strapi/releases
Release Notes
strapi.io / blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
ExploitVendor Advisory
ghostccamm.com / blog/multi_strapi_vulns
ExploitThird Party Advisory