---
cve: "CVE-2025-64526"
severity: "MEDIUM"
cvss: 6.9
epss: "49%"
vendor: "strapi"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2026-05-14 19:16:29"
tags: [cve, security, medium]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-09T22:59:11+02:00"
---

# CVE-2025-64526

> 6.9 MEDIUM · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

Strapi is an open source headless content management system. In Strapi versions prior to 5.45.0, the rate-limit middleware in the users-permissions plugin derived its rate-limit key in part from `ctx.request.body.email`, including on routes whose body schema does not contain an `email` field (`/auth/local`, `/auth/reset-password`, `/auth/change-password`). An unauthenticated attacker could include an arbitrary `email` value in the request body to obtain a fresh rate-limit key per request, effectively bypassing per-IP throttling on those routes and enabling high-volume credential brute-force, password-reset code brute-force, and credential-stuffing attempts. The rate-limit key was constructed as `${userIdentifier}:${requestPath}:${ctx.request.ip}`, where `userIdentifier = ctx.request.body.email`. On routes that legitimately use email as their identifier (e.g. `/auth/forgot-password`, `/auth/local/register`), this scoping is correct. On routes that use a different identifier (`identifier` for login, `code` for password reset, `currentPassword` for password change), the email field was not part of the route contract, but the middleware still incorporated it into the key, allowing a caller to rotate the value and obtain a unique key on every request. The patch in version 5.45.0 maintains an allow-list of routes that legitimately key on the email field and excludes that key component on every other route the middleware is mounted on. OAuth callback paths (`/connect/*`) are treated identifier-less. On routes outside the allow-list, the middleware now falls back to a fixed identifier-less key, ensuring per-IP throttling remains effective even when the request body is attacker-controlled.

## CVSS-Vektor

```
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
```

| Metrik | Wert | Bewertung |
|---|---|---|
| AV Angriffsvektor | Netzwerk | bad |
| AC Komplexität | Gering | bad |
| PR Privilegien | Keine | bad |
| UI Interaktion | Keine | bad |

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- c5bc749feeb5b7b4f3d845b52da41277100465a8 (Commit)
- 5e0d243cba9830e6f791de6a94798bcde51468db (Commit)

## Referenzen

- <https://github.com/strapi/strapi/security/advisories/GHSA-7mqx-wwh4-f9fw>
- <https://github.com/strapi/strapi/pull/24818>
- <https://github.com/strapi/strapi/commit/5e0d243cba9830e6f791de6a94798bcde51468db>
- <https://github.com/strapi/strapi/releases/tag/v5.45.0>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2025-64526) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_