CVE-2015-20110
HIGHJHipster < 2.23.0 - Timing Attack via Token Validation
Title source: llmDescription
JHipster generator-jhipster before 2.23.0 allows a timing attack against validateToken due to a string comparison that stops at the first character that is different. Attackers can guess tokens by brute forcing one character at a time and observing the timing. This of course drastically reduces the search space to a linear amount of guesses based on the token length times the possible characters.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/79fe5626cb1bb80f9ac86cf46980748e65d2bdbc
Patch
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/7c49ab3d45dc4921b831a2ca55fb1e2a2db1ee25
Patch, Release Notes
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/compare/v2.22.0...v2.23.0
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/2095
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0059
EPSS Percentile
43.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-307
Status
published
Products (2)
jhipster/jhipster
< 2.23.0
npm/generator-jhipster
0 - 2.23.0npm
Published
Oct 31, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026