Strapi is an open-source headless content management system. In versions from 5.0.0 to before 5.5.2, the lookup operator provided by the document service does not properly sanitize query parameters for private fields. An attacker can access private fields, including admin passwords and reset tokens, by crafting queries with the lookup parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.5.2.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-495j-h493-42q2 Strapi Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Fields via parms.lookup
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History

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Strapi
Strapi strapi
Vendors & Products Strapi
Strapi strapi

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Description Strapi is an open-source headless content management system. In versions from 5.0.0 to before 5.5.2, the lookup operator provided by the document service does not properly sanitize query parameters for private fields. An attacker can access private fields, including admin passwords and reset tokens, by crafting queries with the lookup parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.5.2.
Title Strapi Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Fields via parms.lookup
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics 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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-16T17:54:24.103Z

Reserved: 2024-12-16T18:04:39.983Z

Link: CVE-2024-56143

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-16T16:26:27.330Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-16T16:15:36.183

Modified: 2025-10-16T16:15:36.183

Link: CVE-2024-56143

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-20T13:25:13Z