High

Leaking sensitive user information still possible by filtering on private with prefix fields

  • Disclosed: 25.07.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Still able to leak private fields if using the t(number) prefix

Details

Knex query allows you to change there default prefix SqliteError: select distinct `t0`.* from `pages` as `t0` left join `admin_users` as `t1` on `t0`.`updated_by_id` = `t1`.`id` where (`t1`.`password` = 1) so if you change the prefix to the same as it was before or to an other table you want to query you query changes from password to t1.password password is protected by filtering protections but t1.password is not protected

PoC

1 Create a contentType 2 add to its options "populateCreatorFields" 3 create 1 entity in your new content type 4 in settings enable the find route in settings for the content type you created for public 5 /api/(Your contenttype)?filters%5BupdatedBy%5D%5Bt1.password%5D%5B%24startsWith%5D=a%24 And now the api returns noting if you were to do /api/(Your contenttype)?filters%5BupdatedBy%5D%5Bt1.password%5D%5B%24startsWith%5D=%24 it would return your entity

Impact

You can do filtering attacks on everything related to the object again including admin passwords and reset-tokens.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package @strapi/database < 4.10.8 4.10.8
npm package @strapi/utils < 4.10.8 4.10.8

References

CVSS score 8.6/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
npm
Package
@strapi/database, @strapi/utils
Disclosed
25.07.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9xg4-3qfm-9w8f - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: @strapi/utils

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
07.2023 09.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 3
  2. 2024: 0
  3. 2025: 0
  4. 2026: 0
  1. Leaking sensitive user information still possible by filtering on private with prefix fields this entry
    High · 8.6 CVE-2023-34235 < 4.10.8 4.10.8
  2. Medium · 4.8 CVE-2023-34093 < 4.10.8 4.10.8

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