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.

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)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Strapi — versions 3.0.0
N/a Strapi — versions v3.0.0-beta.18.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

support@hackerone.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.