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CVE-2018-12540: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

October 17, 2018 (updated January 8, 2021)

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.2 of Eclipse Vert.x, the CSRFHandler do not assert that the XSRF Cookie matches the returned XSRF header/form parameter. This allows replay attacks with previously issued tokens which are not expired yet.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
  • bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rvgg-f8qm-6h7j
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10aef585c521f8ef603f5831f9d97a27d920624025131da950e0c62f@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3fffda8e947edaa359152c8dc4c4ea9c96fd8ced1999bbce92bc6b25@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r59482ebed302aa49ac7e0c51737499746b0d086fcdeb8f90e705951f@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5b4ae8a7caae6d3d5b3266cb050823b96dd62b30718b90b778d3d8b@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12540

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.5.3

Fixed versions

  • 3.5.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.5.3 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source file

maven/io.vertx/vertx-web/CVE-2018-12540.yml

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