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critical·Network Vulnerabilities·Updated Sep 22, 2026

Strapi <=5.36.x - Admin Credential Enumeration

Est. Time~10 seconds
Scan TypeGroup Scan
Targetsdomain, subdomain, ipv4
CostFree
18
Times Used
continuous scan runs
9
Continuously Checked
assets under CS
0
Vulnerabilities Found
confirmed findings
References
9.2
CVSScritical
Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.
Description

Strapi is an open source headless content management system. Strapi versions starting in 4.0.0 and prior to 5.37.0 did not sufficiently sanitize query parameters when filtering content via relational fields. An unauthenticated attacker could use the `where` query parameter on any publicly-accessible content-type with an `updatedBy` (or other admin-relation) field to perform a boolean-oracle attack against private fields on the joined `admin_users` table, including the `resetPasswordToken` field. Extracting an admin reset token via this oracle made full administrative account takeover possible without authentication. When a filter such as `where[updatedBy][resetPasswordToken][$startsWith]=a` was applied to a public Content API endpoint, the underlying query generation performed a `LEFT JOIN` against the `admin_users` table and emitted a `WHERE` clause referencing the joined column. The query parameter sanitization layer did not block operator chains that traversed into relational target schemas the caller had no read permission on, allowing the response count to be used as a one-bit oracle on any admin-table field. The patch in version 5.37.0 introduces explicit query-parameter sanitization at the controller and service boundary via three new primitives: `strictParam`, `addQueryParams`, and `addBodyParams`. Operator chains that traverse into restricted relational targets are now rejected before reaching the database.

Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req.
None
User Interaction
None
Affected
strapiby strapi
>= 4.0.0, < 5.37.0
Updated Nov 10, 2026View on NVD →

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