Critical severity · published Apr 4, 2018
CVE-2018-6873
The Auth0 authentication service before 2017-10-15 allows privilege escalation because the JWT audience is not validated
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Auth0 authentication service before 2017-10-15 allows privilege escalation because the JWT audience is not validated.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
Auth0.js · Auth0
through 8.10.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6873
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6873
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103695
Vendor Advisory
https://auth0.com/docs/security/bulletins/cve-2018-6873
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