CVE-2023-22893 (GCVE-0-2023-22893)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-07 17:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Strapi through 4.5.5 does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow when the AWS Cognito login provider is used for authentication. A remote attacker could forge an ID token that is signed using the 'None' type algorithm to bypass authentication and impersonate any user that use AWS Cognito for authentication.
Severity
8.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 16:39 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
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