CVE-2025-64166: Mercurius: Incorrect Content-Type parsing can lead to CSRF attack
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was identified in Mercurius versions 16. The issue arises from incorrect parsing of the Content-Type header in requests. Specifically, requests with Content-Type values such as application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, or text/plain could be misinterpreted as application/json. This misinterpretation bypasses the preflight checks performed by the fetch() API, potentially allowing unauthorized actions to be performed on behalf of an authenticated user.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-v66j-6wwf-jc57
- github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius
- github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/commit/962d402ec7a92342f4a1b7f5f04af01776838c3c
- github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/1187
- github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-v66j-6wwf-jc57
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64166
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