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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
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        "dateReserved": "2025-11-05T21:15:39.401Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-05-14T18:32:01.998Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-16T00:49:25.996Z"
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            "title": "Strapi has a rate limit bypass on users-permissions plugin via attacker-controlled email keying",
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                            "cweId": "CWE-307",
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                            "description": "CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts",
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                        "attackVector": "NETWORK",
                        "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                        "attackRequirements": "NONE",
                        "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
                        "userInteraction": "NONE",
                        "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "LOW",
                        "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
                        "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
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                        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
                        "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
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                {
                    "name": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqx-wwh4-f9fw",
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                    "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqx-wwh4-f9fw"
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                    "name": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24818",
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                    "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24818"
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                    "name": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/5e0d243cba9830e6f791de6a94798bcde51468db",
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                    "name": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.45.0",
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                    "url": "https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.45.0"
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                            "version": "< 5.45.0",
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                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-14T18:33:56.463Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Strapi is an open source headless content management system. In Strapi versions prior to 5.45.0, the rate-limit middleware in the users-permissions plugin derived its rate-limit key in part from `ctx.request.body.email`, including on routes whose body schema does not contain an `email` field (`/auth/local`, `/auth/reset-password`, `/auth/change-password`). An unauthenticated attacker could include an arbitrary `email` value in the request body to obtain a fresh rate-limit key per request, effectively bypassing per-IP throttling on those routes and enabling high-volume credential brute-force, password-reset code brute-force, and credential-stuffing attempts. The rate-limit key was constructed as `${userIdentifier}:${requestPath}:${ctx.request.ip}`, where `userIdentifier = ctx.request.body.email`. On routes that legitimately use email as their identifier (e.g. `/auth/forgot-password`, `/auth/local/register`), this scoping is correct. On routes that use a different identifier (`identifier` for login, `code` for password reset, `currentPassword` for password change), the email field was not part of the route contract, but the middleware still incorporated it into the key, allowing a caller to rotate the value and obtain a unique key on every request. The patch in version 5.45.0 maintains an allow-list of routes that legitimately key on the email field and excludes that key component on every other route the middleware is mounted on. OAuth callback paths (`/connect/*`) are treated identifier-less. On routes outside the allow-list, the middleware now falls back to a fixed identifier-less key, ensuring per-IP throttling remains effective even when the request body is attacker-controlled."
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                "advisory": "GHSA-7mqx-wwh4-f9fw",
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
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