Eclipse Vert.x 3.0.0 CSRFHandler cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Eclipse Vert.x 3.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CSRFHandler. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-12540. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Eclipse Vert.x 3.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component CSRFHandler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/12/2018. The weakness was disclosed 07/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.eclipse.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-12540 since 06/18/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:2371
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-12540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121357

Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2018 22:25
Updated: 04/06/2023 20:45
Changes: 07/12/2018 22:25 (55), 04/01/2020 16:40 (2), 04/06/2023 20:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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