Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2023
CVE-2023-45857
An issue discovered in Axios 1.5.1 inadvertently reveals the confidential XSRF-TOKEN stored in cookies by including it in the HTTP header X-XSRF-TOKEN for every request made to…
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue discovered in Axios 1.5.1 inadvertently reveals the confidential XSRF-TOKEN stored in cookies by including it in the HTTP header X-XSRF-TOKEN for every request made to any host allowing attackers to view sensitive information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AX
Axios · Axios
1.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45857
Exploit
https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/6006
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
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