High severity · published Jul 12, 2018
CVE-2018-12540
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
8.8
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Vert.x · Eclipse
3.0.0 through 3.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12540
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12540
Exploit
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2371
Exploit
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536948
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10aef585c521f8ef603f5831f9d97a27d920624025131da950e0c62f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3fffda8e947edaa359152c8dc4c4ea9c96fd8ced1999bbce92bc6b25%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r59482ebed302aa49ac7e0c51737499746b0d086fcdeb8f90e705951f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc5b4ae8a7caae6d3d5b3266cb050823b96dd62b30718b90b778d3d8b%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
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