{"cve":"CVE-2023-38507","nvd":{"published":"2023-09-15T20:15:08.997","modified":"2026-06-17T06:10:36.580","status":"Modified","description":"Strapi is the an open-source headless content management system. Prior to version 4.12.1, there is a rate limit on the login function of Strapi's admin screen, but it is possible to circumvent it. Therefore, the possibility of unauthorized login by login brute force attack increases. Version 4.12.1 has a fix for this issue.","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:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"references":["https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/blob/32d68f1f5677ed9a9a505b718c182c0a3f885426/packages/core/admin/server/middlewares/rateLimit.js#L31","https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v4.12.1"],"products":["strapi:strapi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:24.235896374+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-38507","score":0.00963,"percentile":0.61681,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-24q2-59hm-rh9r","summary":"Strapi Improper Rate Limiting vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:03.099974469Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@strapi/admin","purl":"pkg:npm/%40strapi/admin","ranges":["<4.12.1"],"fixed":["4.12.1"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@strapi/plugin-users-permissions","purl":"pkg:npm/%40strapi/plugin-users-permissions","ranges":["<4.12.1"],"fixed":["4.12.1"]}]}],"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."]}