{"cve":"CVE-2021-46440","nvd":{"published":"2022-05-03T18:15:08.763","modified":"2026-06-17T04:14:53.223","status":"Modified","description":"Storing passwords in a recoverable format in the DOCUMENTATION plugin component of Strapi before 3.6.9 and 4.x before 4.1.5 allows an attacker to access a victim's HTTP request, get the victim's cookie, perform a base64 decode on the victim's cookie, and obtain a cleartext password, leading to getting API documentation for further API attacks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-522"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/12246","https://hub.docker.com/r/strapi/strapi","https://strapi.io/","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166915/Strapi-3.6.8-Password-Disclosure-Insecure-Handling.html"],"products":["strapi:strapi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:30:03.577988018+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-46440","score":0.02883,"percentile":0.86866,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-85vg-grr5-pw42","summary":"Insecure password handling vulnerability in Strapi","modified":"2023-11-08T04:07:26.265312Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"strapi","purl":"pkg:npm/strapi","ranges":["<3.6.9"],"fixed":["3.6.9"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@strapi/strapi","purl":"pkg:npm/%40strapi/strapi","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.1.5"],"fixed":["4.1.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}