# CVE-2023-48218: Strapi Protected Populate Plugin leaking fields if the request fields where empty or only fields selected where not populatable

- Also known as: GHSA-6H67-934R-82G7
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.4
- Published: 2023-11-20 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- strapi-community strapi-plugin-protected-populate: fixed in 1.3.4
- strapi-plugin-protected-populate (npm): fixed in 1.3.4

## Description

The Strapi Protected Populate Plugin protects `get` endpoints from revealing too much information. Prior to version 1.3.4, users were able to bypass the field level security. Users who tried to populate something that they didn't have access to could populate those fields anyway. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.4. There are no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strapi-community strapi-plugin-protected-populate, strapi-plugin-protected-populate, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/security/advisories/GHSA-6h67-934r-82g7
- https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/commit/05441066d64e09dd55937d9f089962e9ebe2fb39
- https://github.com/strapi-community/strapi-plugin-protected-populate/releases/tag/v1.3.4

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