Cross-Site Request Forgery in Vert.x-Web framework
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Apr 22, 2021
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Package
Affected versions
= 4.0.0-milestone1
= 4.0.0-milestone2
= 4.0.0-milestone3
= 4.0.0-milestone4
Patched versions
4.0.0-milestone5
4.0.0-milestone5
4.0.0-milestone5
4.0.0-milestone5
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 20, 2021
Reviewed
Apr 20, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 22, 2021
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
Vert.x-Web framework v4.0 milestone 1-4 does not perform a correct CSRF verification. Instead of comparing the CSRF token in the request with the CSRF token in the cookie, it compares the CSRF token in the cookie against a CSRF token that is stored in the session. An attacker does not even need to provide a CSRF token in the request because the framework does not consider it. The cookies are automatically sent by the browser and the verification will always succeed, leading to a successful CSRF attack.
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