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auth0-js Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 21, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2023

Package

npm auth0-js (npm)

Affected versions

< 8.12.0

Patched versions

8.12.0

Description

A cross-origin vulnerability has been discovered in the Auth0 auth0.js library affecting versions < 8.12. This vulnerability allows an attacker to acquire authenticated users' tokens and invoke services on a user's behalf if the target site or application uses a popup callback page with auth0.popup.callback().

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 6, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 21, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 13, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.218%
(61st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-17068

GHSA ID

GHSA-3rpr-mg43-xhq4

Source code

No known source code
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