How serious is CVE-2023-25164?

This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 out of 10, classified as HIGH severity. No public exploit code has been identified yet.

Which products are affected by CVE-2023-25164?

CVE-2023-25164 affects ssw tinacms\/cli. Check the full CVE details for specific version information.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25164?

To remediate CVE-2023-25164, check for security patches from ssw. Apply all available updates and security patches. If no patch is available, implement recommended workarounds or security controls to mitigate the risk.

CVE-2023-25164

High

|7.5

No Exploit

Plain English Summary

AI-powered analysis for quick understanding

This vulnerability allows an attacker to access sensitive information, like API keys, stored in environment variables, as these values are exposed in plaintext within the code of affected sites. It impacts versions of the Tina CMS CLI from 1.0.0 to 1.0.8, so if you're using one of these versions and have sensitive data stored, you should change those credentials immediately and upgrade to version 1.0.9 or later.

Technical Description

Tinacms is a Git-backed headless content management system with support for visual editing. Sites being built with @tinacms/cli >= 1.0.0 && < 1.0.9 which store sensitive values in the process.env variable are impacted. These values will be added in plaintext to the index.js file. If you're on a version prior to 1.0.0 this vulnerability does not affect you. If you are affected and your Tina-enabled website has sensitive credentials stored as environment variables (eg. Algolia API keys) you should rotate those keys immediately. This issue has been patched in @tinacms/cli@1.0.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Vector Analysis

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Confidentiality ImpactHigh

Integrity ImpactNone

Availability ImpactNone

ScopeUnchanged

Vector String

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

Exploit Resources

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Official References

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Est. Bounty

$2,053($1K-$5K)

Vendor Response

Grade FPatched in 1128 days

Quick Information

Published

Feb 8, 2023

about 3 years ago

Last Modified

Mar 13, 2026

25 days ago

Vendor

ssw

Product

tinacms\/cli

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