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Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting io.vertx:vertx-web package, versions [3.0.0, 3.5.3)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.13% (85th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-IOVERTX-72441
  • published 21 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 15 Jun 2018
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 15 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12540 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-352 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade io.vertx:vertx-web to version 3.5.3 or higher.

Overview

io.vertx:vertx-web is a HTTP web applications for Vert.x.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF). The CSRFHandler does 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.