CVE-2018-12540 (GCVE-0-2018-12540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Vert.x Affected: 3.0 , < unspecified (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ 3.5.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-07-12 00:00
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