Resource exhaustion in Strapi

CVE-2020-8123

A denial of service exists in strapi v3.0.0-beta.18.3 and earlier that can be abused in the admin console using admin rights can lead to arbitrary restart of the application.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-8123: held from 0.011 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Strapi — versions 3.0.0
  • Strapi — versions v3.0.0-beta.18.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8123?
CVE-2020-8123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strapi, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2020-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-8123?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.