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Privilege Escalation Affecting auth0-js package, versions <8.0.0

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.33% (71st percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-AUTH0JS-72626
  • published 22 Nov 2018
  • disclosed 4 Apr 2018
  • credit Cinta Infinita
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Introduced: 4 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-6873 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade auth0-js to version 8.0.0 or higher.

Overview

auth0-js is a Client Side Javascript toolkit for Auth0 API.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via the parseHash method. It did not properly validate the JWT audience, and therefore allowed tokens intended for one tenant to be used at another.