CVE-2016-10535
MEDIUMcsrf-lite < 0.1.1 - Timing Attack via String Comparison
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/94
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/isaacs/csrf-lite/pull/1
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0130
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-310
CWE-208
Status
published
Products (2)
csrf-lite_project/csrf-lite
< 0.1.1
npm/csrf-lite
0 - 0.1.2npm
Published
May 31, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026