CVE-2021-28128

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.28% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password. An attacker who gains access to a valid session can use this to take over an account by changing the password.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.5–8.1

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.2

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-640USprimaryCWE-640US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
strapi strapi≤ 3.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:strapi:strapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
npm strapi≤ 3.6.0osvUSpkg:npm/strapi

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-37hx-4mcq-wc3hWeak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Strapi2021-10-06ghsa · osvUS
In Strapi through 3.6.0, the admin panel allows the changing of one's own password without entering the current password. An attacker who gains access to a valid session can use this to take over an account by changing the password.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-05-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases cnnvd
https://strapi.io/changelog cnnvd
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt cnnvd
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases enisa_euvd
https://strapi.io/changelog enisa_euvd
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-008.txt enisa_euvd
https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releasesRelease NotesThird Party Advisorynvd
https://strapi.io/changelogRelease NotesVendor Advisorynvd

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