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GHSA-PJ2C-H76W-VV6F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-07 21:23 – Updated: 2022-10-07 21:23

Summary

tiny-csrf has openly visible CSRF tokens

Details

Impact

Weak encryption on CSRF so tokens can be read by malicious attackers.

Patches

Problems have been patched as of v1.1.0

Workarounds

Upgrade to v1.1.0

References

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html

For more information

Submit an issue at the github repo

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "tiny-csrf"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-39287"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-319"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-10-07T21:23:18Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-10-07T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nWeak encryption on CSRF so tokens can be read by malicious attackers. \n\n### Patches\n\nProblems have been patched as of v1.1.0\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUpgrade to v1.1.0\n\n### References\n\nhttps://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html \n\n### For more information\n\nSubmit an issue at [the github repo](https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf)",
  "id": "GHSA-pj2c-h76w-vv6f",
  "modified": "2022-10-07T21:23:18Z",
  "published": "2022-10-07T21:23:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf/security/advisories/GHSA-pj2c-h76w-vv6f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39287"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf/commit/8eead6da3b56e290512bbe8d20c2c5df3be317ba"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "tiny-csrf has openly visible CSRF tokens"
}

CVE-2022-39287 (GCVE-0-2022-39287)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:52

Title

Plaintext transmission of CSRF tokens in tiny-csrf

Summary

tiny-csrf is a Node.js cross site request forgery (CSRF) protection middleware. In versions prior to 1.1.0 cookies were not encrypted and thus CSRF tokens were transmitted in the clear. This issue has been addressed in commit `8eead6d` and the patch with be included in version 1.1.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7637 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf/sec…
https://github.com/valexandersaulys/tiny-csrf/com…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
valexandersaulys	tiny-csrf	Affected: < 1.1.0

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