CVE-2020-5263 (GCVE-0-2020-5263)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-09 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22
VLAI
Title
Information disclosure through error object
Summary
auth0.js (NPM package auth0-js) greater than version 8.0.0 and before version 9.12.3 has a vulnerability. In the case of an (authentication) error, the error object returned by the library contains the original request of the user, which may include the plaintext password the user entered. If the error object is exposed or logged without modification, the application risks password exposure. This is fixed in version 9.12.3
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7886 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
auth0 auth0.js Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 9.12.3
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