CVE-2023-22893 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.68742.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Strapi	Strapi

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-583x-23h9-f5w7	Strapi does not verify the access or ID tokens issued during the OAuth flow

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases
https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/

History

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}`

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-07T17:07:00.255Z

Reserved: 2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22893

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.123Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-19T16:15:07.253

Modified: 2025-11-07T17:15:46.680

Link: CVE-2023-22893

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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