CVE-2023-22893

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1

8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS

4.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-287

Published

2023-04-19

Updated

2025-11-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://strapi.io/blog/security-disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-cve
• https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/multi_strapi_vulns/

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-22893.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-22884
• CVE-2023-22894
• CVE-2023-2288
• CVE-2023-22897
• CVE-2023-2287
• CVE-2023-22899