CVE-2016-10535 Information

Description

csrf-lite is a cross-site request forgery protection library for framework-less node sites. csrf-lite uses === a fail first string comparison instead of a time constant string comparison This enables an attacker to guess the secret in no more than (16*18)288 guesses instead of the 16^18 guesses required were the timing attack not present.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://github.com/isaacs/csrf-lite/pull/1 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/94

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9