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High severity vulnerability that affects io.vertx:vertx-web

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 17, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2024

Package

maven io.vertx:vertx-web (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 3.0.0, < 3.5.3

Patched versions

3.5.3

Description

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

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Apr 12, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2018-12540

GHSA ID

GHSA-rvgg-f8qm-6h7j

Source code

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